Little Rock, AR 72078 Frost Dates
Little Rock, AR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/21, about 205 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/10, roughly 234 days after the last spring frost.
Little Rock sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 11 weeks until Little Rock's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/21 isn't a guarantee
03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Little Rock against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 234 frost-free days, Little Rock places 9,677 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 164 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72078's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Little Rock's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Little Rock can differ from the 72078 normal.