Redfield, AR 72180 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Redfield, AR, ZIP 72180
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/21, about 205 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 235 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Redfield 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 Redfield has about 10 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 Redfield's last frost
03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Redfield compares
About 235 days separate Redfield's last and first frost, putting it 9,622 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 143 of 687.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Redfield's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Redfield's dates instead of trusting one.