Bauxite, AR 72011 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bauxite, AR, ZIP 72011
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/24, about 208 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 229 frost-free days later.
Bauxite sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Bauxite has about 10 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 03/24 isn't a guarantee
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bauxite compares
At roughly 229 frost-free days, Bauxite places 10,643 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 265 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Bauxite's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Bauxite can differ from the 72011 normal.