Holly Grove, AR 72026 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Holly Grove, AR, ZIP 72026
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/11, roughly 195 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/17, about 250 frost-free days later.
Holly Grove sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 8b around Holly Grove has about 12 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 03/11 isn't a guarantee
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Holly Grove compares
At roughly 250 frost-free days, Holly Grove places 7,584 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 6 of 687.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Holly Grove's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Holly Grove's dates instead of trusting one.