Mount Pleasant, AR 72561 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Mount Pleasant, AR?
Around 04/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 223 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 201 frost-free days later.
Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Mount Pleasant's last frost
04/08 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 Mount Pleasant compares
About 201 days separate Mount Pleasant's last and first frost, putting it 17,649 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 604 of 687.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Mount Pleasant can differ from the 72561 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Mount Pleasant's frost date answer different questions.