Little Rock, AR 72295 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Little Rock, AR, ZIP 72295
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/21, about 205 days from today. 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
About 234 days separate Little Rock's last and first frost, putting it 9,689 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 176 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Little Rock's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Little Rock can differ from the 72295 normal.