Danville, AR 72833 Frost Dates
Danville, AR: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/31, roughly 215 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 215 days after the last spring frost.
Danville sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 9 weeks until Danville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/31 isn't a guarantee
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Danville against the rest of the dataset
Danville's growing season runs about 215 days, ranking 14,107 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 460 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72833's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Danville can differ from the 72833 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Danville's frost date answer different questions.