Edmondson, AR 72376 Frost Dates
Edmondson, AR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/16, about 200 days from today. 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
About 242 days separate Edmondson's last and first frost, putting it 8,410 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 76 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72376'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 72376 normal.