West Fork, AR 72737 Frost Dates
West Fork, AR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/15, about 230 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/21, roughly 188 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 West Fork, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until West Fork's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/15 isn't a guarantee
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
West Fork against the rest of the dataset
West Fork's growing season runs about 188 days, ranking 22,064 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 677 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72737's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in West Fork can differ from the 72737 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and West Fork's frost date answer different questions.