Oxford, AR 72517 Frost Dates
Oxford, AR: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/14, roughly 229 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 196 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Oxford in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Oxford's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Oxford's last frost
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Oxford against the rest of the dataset
Oxford's growing season runs about 196 days, ranking 19,060 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 632 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72517's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Oxford's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Oxford's dates instead of trusting one.