Leachville, AR 72438 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Leachville, AR?
Around 03/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 210 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 227 frost-free days later.
Leachville 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 10 weeks of growing season left in Leachville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Leachville's last frost
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Leachville compares
About 227 days separate Leachville's last and first frost, putting it 11,023 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 287 of 687.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Leachville can differ from the 72438 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Leachville's frost date answer different questions.