Little Rock, AR 72215 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Little Rock, AR, ZIP 72215
Around 03/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 205 days away. 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.
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 9,684 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 171 of 687.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Little Rock's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Little Rock's dates instead of trusting one.