Ward, AR 72176 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Ward, AR, ZIP 72176
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 209 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ward in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Ward has about 9 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.
The actual range around Ward's last frost
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ward compares
Ward's growing season runs about 209 days, ranking 15,188 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 546 of 687.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Ward's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Ward's dates instead of trusting one.