Swifton, AR 72471 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Swifton, AR, ZIP 72471
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/27, about 211 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 224 frost-free days later.
Swifton 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
Zone 8a around Swifton 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 03/27 isn't a guarantee
03/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/10 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 Swifton compares
At roughly 224 frost-free days, Swifton places 11,938 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 348 of 687.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Swifton can differ from the 72471 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Swifton's frost date answer different questions.