Marmaduke, AR 72443 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Marmaduke, AR?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/26, roughly 210 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 227 frost-free days later.
Marmaduke sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Marmaduke before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Marmaduke'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 Marmaduke compares
About 227 days separate Marmaduke's last and first frost, putting it 11,035 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 290 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Marmaduke's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Marmaduke can differ from the 72443 normal.