St. Joe, AR 72675 Frost Dates
When can you plant in St. Joe, AR?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/14, about 229 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 189 frost-free days later.
St. Joe sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in St. Joe before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around St. Joe's last frost
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How St. Joe compares
St. Joe's growing season runs about 189 days, ranking 21,762 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 666 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around St. Joe's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in St. Joe can differ from the 72675 normal.