Little Rock, AR 72222 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.
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
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.
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
At roughly 234 frost-free days, Little Rock places 9,687 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 174 of 687.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Little Rock can differ from the 72222 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Little Rock's frost date answer different questions.