Evening Shade, AR 72532 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Evening Shade, AR, ZIP 72532
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/14, about 229 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 190 frost-free days later.
Evening Shade sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 7a around Evening Shade has about 8 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 04/14 isn't a guarantee
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Evening Shade compares
At roughly 190 frost-free days, Evening Shade places 21,283 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 654 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Evening Shade's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Evening Shade can differ from the 72532 normal.