Lincoln, AR 72749 Frost Dates
Lincoln, 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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lincoln in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Lincoln'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
04/15 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.
Lincoln against the rest of the dataset
About 188 days separate Lincoln's last and first frost, putting it 22,063 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 676 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72749's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Lincoln's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Lincoln's dates instead of trusting one.