Wheatley, AR 72392 Frost Dates
72392, near Wheatley, AR: the frost window
Around 03/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 202 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/11, roughly 237 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wheatley 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
Wheatley'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 03/18 isn't a guarantee
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wheatley against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 237 frost-free days, Wheatley places 9,164 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 132 of 687.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 72392: the frost range, on how to read the range around Wheatley's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Wheatley can differ from the 72392 normal.