Fourche, AR 72016 Frost Dates
Fourche, AR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 215 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fourche in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Fourche's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Fourche against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 215 frost-free days, Fourche places 14,207 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 484 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72016's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Fourche's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Fourche can differ from the 72016 normal.