Little Flock, AR 72757 Frost Dates
Little Flock, AR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/12, about 227 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 195 days after the last spring frost.
Little Flock 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Little Flock'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
04/12 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.
Little Flock against the rest of the dataset
About 195 days separate Little Flock's last and first frost, putting it 19,279 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 648 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72757's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Little Flock's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Little Flock can differ from the 72757 normal.