Beaver, AR 72631 Frost Dates
Beaver, AR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/18, about 233 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 185 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Beaver, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Beaver's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/18 isn't a guarantee
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Beaver against the rest of the dataset
Beaver's growing season runs about 185 days, ranking 23,365 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 687 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72631's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Beaver can differ from the 72631 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Beaver's frost date answer different questions.