Redfield, AR 72132 Frost Dates
Redfield, AR: when does the frost end?
Around 04/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 216 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/03, roughly 218 days after the last spring frost.
Redfield 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 10 weeks until Redfield's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/01 isn't a guarantee
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Redfield against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 218 frost-free days, Redfield places 13,296 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 437 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72132's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Redfield can differ from the 72132 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Redfield's frost date answer different questions.