Bella Vista, AR 72714 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bella Vista, AR?
Around 04/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 227 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 195 frost-free days later.
Bella Vista 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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Bella Vista before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Bella Vista's last frost
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bella Vista compares
Bella Vista's growing season runs about 195 days, ranking 19,192 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 644 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Bella Vista's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Bella Vista can differ from the 72714 normal.