Russellville, AR 72801 Frost Dates
Russellville, AR: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/29, roughly 213 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 219 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Russellville, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Russellville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/29 isn't a guarantee
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Russellville against the rest of the dataset
About 219 days separate Russellville's last and first frost, putting it 12,968 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 415 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72801's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Russellville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Russellville can differ from the 72801 normal.