Ravenden, AR 72459 Frost Dates
Ravenden, AR: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/04, roughly 219 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 210 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Ravenden, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Ravenden's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/04 isn't a guarantee
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ravenden against the rest of the dataset
About 210 days separate Ravenden's last and first frost, putting it 15,096 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 540 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72459's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Ravenden's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Ravenden's dates instead of trusting one.