Springdale, AR 72765 Frost Dates
72765, near Springdale, AR: the frost window
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.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Springdale's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/12 isn't a guarantee
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.
Springdale against the rest of the dataset
Springdale's growing season runs about 195 days, ranking 19,152 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 641 of 687.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 72765: the frost range, on how to read the range around Springdale's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Springdale can differ from the 72765 normal.