Brookland, AR 72417 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Brookland, AR, ZIP 72417
Around 04/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 216 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 215 frost-free days later.
Brookland 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
Zone 8a around Brookland has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 04/01 isn't a guarantee
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 Brookland compares
About 215 days separate Brookland's last and first frost, putting it 14,082 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 455 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Brookland's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Brookland can differ from the 72417 normal.