Lowell, AR 72745 Frost Dates
Lowell, AR: when does the frost end?
Around 04/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 227 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 195 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lowell 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
With roughly 8 weeks until Lowell's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/12 isn't a guarantee
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.
Lowell against the rest of the dataset
About 195 days separate Lowell's last and first frost, putting it 19,224 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 646 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72745's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Lowell's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Lowell can differ from the 72745 normal.