Dyess, AR 72330 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Dyess, AR, ZIP 72330
Around 03/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 207 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 229 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Dyess in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Dyess has about 10 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 Dyess's last frost
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Dyess compares
Dyess's growing season runs about 229 days, ranking 10,657 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 269 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Dyess's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Dyess can differ from the 72330 normal.