Maumelle, AR 72203 Frost Dates
Maumelle, AR: when does the frost end?
Around 03/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 200 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/16, roughly 245 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Maumelle in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Maumelle's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/16 isn't a guarantee
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Maumelle against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 245 frost-free days, Maumelle places 7,990 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 49 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72203's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Maumelle can differ from the 72203 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Maumelle's frost date answer different questions.