Morrilton, AR 72110 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Morrilton, AR?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/30, about 214 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 219 frost-free days later.
Morrilton 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 9 weeks of growing season left in Morrilton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Morrilton's last frost
03/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Morrilton compares
At roughly 219 frost-free days, Morrilton places 13,003 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 419 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Morrilton's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Morrilton can differ from the 72110 normal.