Flippin, AR 72634 Frost Dates
72634, near Flippin, AR: the frost window
Around 04/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 217 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 212 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Flippin in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Flippin's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/02 isn't a guarantee
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Flippin against the rest of the dataset
Flippin's growing season runs about 212 days, ranking 14,626 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 507 of 687.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 72634: local microclimates, on what one yard in Flippin can differ from the 72634 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Flippin's frost date answer different questions.