Cotton Plant, AR 72036 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cotton Plant, AR, ZIP 72036
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/18, roughly 202 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 237 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cotton Plant in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Cotton Plant 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.
Why 03/18 isn't a guarantee
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cotton Plant compares
Cotton Plant's growing season runs about 237 days, ranking 9,150 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 129 of 687.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Cotton Plant's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Cotton Plant's dates instead of trusting one.