Letona, AR 72085 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Letona, AR?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/27, roughly 211 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 228 frost-free days later.
Letona 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Letona before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Letona's last frost
03/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Letona compares
About 228 days separate Letona's last and first frost, putting it 10,923 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 280 of 687.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Letona's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Letona's dates instead of trusting one.