Bella Vista, AR 72715 Frost Dates
72715, near Bella Vista, AR: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/05, about 220 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 204 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bella Vista in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
Bella Vista's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/05 isn't a guarantee
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bella Vista against the rest of the dataset
Bella Vista's growing season runs about 204 days, ranking 16,504 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 563 of 687.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 72715: local microclimates, on what one yard in Bella Vista can differ from the 72715 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Bella Vista's frost date answer different questions.