Little Rock, AR 72211 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Little Rock, AR, ZIP 72211
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.
Little Rock sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Little Rock has about 11 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 9,683 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 170 of 687.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Little Rock can differ from the 72211 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Little Rock's frost date answer different questions.