Forrest City, AR 72335 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Forrest City, AR, ZIP 72335
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/23, roughly 207 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 231 frost-free days later.
Forrest City 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 Forrest City 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.
Why 03/23 isn't a guarantee
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/03 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 Forrest City compares
At roughly 231 frost-free days, Forrest City places 10,159 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 212 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Forrest City's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Forrest City can differ from the 72335 normal.