Elkins, AR 72727 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Elkins, AR, ZIP 72727
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/05, roughly 220 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 211 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Elkins, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Elkins has about 10 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Elkins compares
About 211 days separate Elkins's last and first frost, putting it 14,761 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 513 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Elkins's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Elkins can differ from the 72727 normal.