Evening Shade, AR 72569 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Evening Shade, AR, ZIP 72569
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/14, roughly 229 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 190 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Evening Shade in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b 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.
The actual range around Evening Shade's last frost
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
Evening Shade's growing season runs about 190 days, ranking 21,284 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 655 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 72569 normal.