Gillett, AR 72055 Frost Dates
Gillett, AR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/10, about 194 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/18, roughly 251 days after the last spring frost.
Gillett 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Gillett's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Gillett's last frost
03/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Gillett against the rest of the dataset
About 251 days separate Gillett's last and first frost, putting it 7,386 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 1 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72055's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Gillett can differ from the 72055 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Gillett's frost date answer different questions.