Oak Grove Heights, AR 72451 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Oak Grove Heights, 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.
Oak Grove Heights 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 Oak Grove Heights before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Oak Grove Heights'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 Oak Grove Heights compares
About 227 days separate Oak Grove Heights's last and first frost, putting it 11,037 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 291 of 687.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Oak Grove Heights can differ from the 72451 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Oak Grove Heights's frost date answer different questions.