St. Paul, AR 72752 Frost Dates
Frost dates for St. Paul, AR, ZIP 72752
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/13, roughly 228 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 199 frost-free days later.
St. Paul sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around St. Paul has about 9 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.
Why 04/13 isn't a guarantee
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How St. Paul compares
At roughly 199 frost-free days, St. Paul places 18,233 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 616 of 687.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and St. Paul's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around St. Paul's dates instead of trusting one.