Edmondson, AR 72303 Frost Dates
Edmondson, AR: when does the frost end?
Around 03/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 200 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/11, roughly 242 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Edmondson in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Edmondson's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Edmondson's last frost
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Edmondson against the rest of the dataset
Edmondson's growing season runs about 242 days, ranking 8,408 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 74 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72303's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Edmondson's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Edmondson can differ from the 72303 normal.