Lonsdale, AR 72087 Frost Dates
72087, near Lonsdale, AR: the frost window
Around 03/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 208 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 229 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lonsdale in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
Lonsdale'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 03/24 isn't a guarantee
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lonsdale against the rest of the dataset
Lonsdale's growing season runs about 229 days, ranking 10,676 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 271 of 687.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 72087: local microclimates, on what one yard in Lonsdale can differ from the 72087 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and Lonsdale's frost date answer different questions.