Jonesboro, AR 72401 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Jonesboro, AR?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 215 frost-free days later.
Jonesboro 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Jonesboro before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Jonesboro compares
At roughly 215 frost-free days, Jonesboro places 14,014 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 449 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Jonesboro's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Jonesboro can differ from the 72401 normal.