Summit, AR 72677 Frost Dates
Summit, AR: when does the frost end?
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 Summit 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
With roughly 9 weeks until Summit's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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.
Summit against the rest of the dataset
Summit's growing season runs about 212 days, ranking 14,659 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 511 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72677's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Summit's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Summit can differ from the 72677 normal.