Little Rock, AR 72204 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Little Rock, AR?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/21, roughly 205 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 234 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Little Rock, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Little Rock before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Little Rock'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 Little Rock compares
Little Rock's growing season runs about 234 days, ranking 9,681 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 168 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Little Rock's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Little Rock can differ from the 72204 normal.