Greers Ferry, AR 72044 Frost Dates
72044, near Greers Ferry, AR: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/31, roughly 215 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/06, roughly 222 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Greers Ferry in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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
Greers Ferry's growing season runs out in roughly 10 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/31 isn't a guarantee
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Greers Ferry against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 222 frost-free days, Greers Ferry places 12,303 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 390 of 687.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 72044: the frost range, on how to read the range around Greers Ferry's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Greers Ferry can differ from the 72044 normal.