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Springdale, AR 72764 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Springdale, AR, ZIP 72764

Zone 7a

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.

Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Springdale, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 7a around Springdale 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.

Why 04/12 isn't a guarantee

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 Springdale compares

At roughly 195 frost-free days, Springdale places 19,151 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 640 of 687.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Springdale's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Springdale's dates instead of trusting one.