Fredonia (Biscoe), AR 72017 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fredonia (Biscoe), AR, ZIP 72017
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/11, roughly 195 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 247 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Fredonia (Biscoe), not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Fredonia (Biscoe) has about 11 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.
The actual range around Fredonia (Biscoe)'s last frost
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fredonia (Biscoe) compares
Fredonia (Biscoe)'s growing season runs about 247 days, ranking 7,884 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 18 of 687.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Fredonia (Biscoe)'s frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Fredonia (Biscoe)'s dates instead of trusting one.