Roe, AR 72134 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Roe, AR, ZIP 72134
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/11, roughly 195 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/17, about 250 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Roe, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Roe has about 12 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 03/11 isn't a guarantee
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Roe compares
About 250 days separate Roe's last and first frost, putting it 7,604 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 10 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Roe's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Roe can differ from the 72134 normal.