Avoca, AR 72756 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Avoca, AR, ZIP 72756
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/12, about 227 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 195 frost-free days later.
Avoca sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 7a around Avoca has about 8 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.
The actual range around Avoca's last frost
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Avoca compares
At roughly 195 frost-free days, Avoca places 19,334 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 651 of 687.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Avoca can differ from the 72756 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Avoca's frost date answer different questions.