Centerton, AR 72719 Frost Dates
Centerton, AR: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/12, roughly 227 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 195 days after the last spring frost.
Centerton 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Centerton'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
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Centerton against the rest of the dataset
Centerton's growing season runs about 195 days, ranking 19,200 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 645 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72719's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Centerton's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Centerton can differ from the 72719 normal.