Russellville, AR 72811 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Russellville, AR, ZIP 72811
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/29, roughly 213 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 219 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Russellville in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Russellville has about 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Russellville compares
At roughly 219 frost-free days, Russellville places 12,970 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 417 of 687.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Russellville can differ from the 72811 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Russellville's frost date answer different questions.