Fifty-Six, AR 72680 Frost Dates
Fifty-Six, AR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 211 days after the last spring frost.
Fifty-Six 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Fifty-Six's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
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 03/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Fifty-Six against the rest of the dataset
About 211 days separate Fifty-Six's last and first frost, putting it 14,899 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 527 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72680's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Fifty-Six can differ from the 72680 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Fifty-Six's frost date answer different questions.