Newark, AR 72562 Frost Dates
Newark, AR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/18, about 202 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/11, roughly 240 days after the last spring frost.
Newark sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Newark's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Newark against the rest of the dataset
About 240 days separate Newark's last and first frost, putting it 8,706 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 89 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72562's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Newark can differ from the 72562 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Newark's frost date answer different questions.