Etowah, AR 72428 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Etowah, AR, ZIP 72428
Around 03/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 207 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 229 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Etowah, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Etowah has about 10 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 03/23 isn't a guarantee
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Etowah compares
Etowah's growing season runs about 229 days, ranking 10,664 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 270 of 687.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Etowah's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Etowah's dates instead of trusting one.