Sherwood, AR 72120 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Sherwood, AR?
Around 03/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 200 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 245 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Sherwood, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Sherwood before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sherwood compares
About 245 days separate Sherwood's last and first frost, putting it 7,974 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 45 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Sherwood's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Sherwood can differ from the 72120 normal.