Green Forest, AR 72638 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Green Forest, AR, ZIP 72638
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/03, roughly 218 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 210 frost-free days later.
Green Forest sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
Zone 7a around Green Forest has about 9 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 Green Forest's last frost
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Green Forest compares
Green Forest's growing season runs about 210 days, ranking 15,014 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 534 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Green Forest's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Green Forest can differ from the 72638 normal.