Lexa, AR 72355 Frost Dates
72355, near Lexa, AR: the frost window
Around 03/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 199 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/16, roughly 246 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lexa 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
Lexa's growing season runs out in roughly 11 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/15 isn't a guarantee
03/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lexa against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 246 frost-free days, Lexa places 7,952 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 34 of 687.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 72355: local microclimates, on what one yard in Lexa can differ from the 72355 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and Lexa's frost date answer different questions.