Wynne, AR 72396 Frost Dates
Wynne, AR: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/23, roughly 207 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 231 days after the last spring frost.
Wynne sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 10 weeks until Wynne'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
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wynne against the rest of the dataset
Wynne's growing season runs about 231 days, ranking 10,176 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 213 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72396's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Wynne can differ from the 72396 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Wynne's frost date answer different questions.