Pindall, AR 72669 Frost Dates
72669, near Pindall, AR: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/14, roughly 229 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 189 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pindall in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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
Pindall's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/14 isn't a guarantee
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Pindall against the rest of the dataset
About 189 days separate Pindall's last and first frost, putting it 21,768 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 667 of 687.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 72669: local microclimates, on what one yard in Pindall can differ from the 72669 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7b and Pindall's frost date answer different questions.