Marvell, AR 72383 Frost Dates
Marvell, AR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/17, about 201 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/10, roughly 238 days after the last spring frost.
Marvell sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Marvell's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/17 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 04/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Marvell against the rest of the dataset
Marvell's growing season runs about 238 days, ranking 9,013 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 112 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72383's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Marvell can differ from the 72383 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Marvell's frost date answer different questions.