Madison, AR 72359 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Madison, AR?
Around 03/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 207 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 231 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Madison, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Madison before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Madison's last frost
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 Madison compares
About 231 days separate Madison's last and first frost, putting it 10,240 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 215 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Madison's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Madison can differ from the 72359 normal.