Concord, AR 72523 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Concord, AR?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/09, roughly 224 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 198 frost-free days later.
Concord 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 8 weeks of growing season left in Concord before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Concord's last frost
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Concord compares
About 198 days separate Concord's last and first frost, putting it 18,548 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 618 of 687.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Concord's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Concord's dates instead of trusting one.