Paragould, AR 72474 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Paragould, 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.
Paragould 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 Paragould before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Paragould compares
At roughly 227 frost-free days, Paragould places 10,958 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 285 of 687.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Paragould can differ from the 72474 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Paragould's frost date answer different questions.