Clinton, AR 72028 Frost Dates
72028, near Clinton, AR: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 197 days after the last spring frost.
Clinton sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Clinton's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/11 isn't a guarantee
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/27 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Clinton against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 197 frost-free days, Clinton places 18,692 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 621 of 687.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 72028: the frost range, on how to read the range around Clinton's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Clinton can differ from the 72028 normal.