Greenwood, AR 72905 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Greenwood, AR, ZIP 72905
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/25, about 209 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 224 frost-free days later.
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 Greenwood, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Greenwood has about 10 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
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Greenwood compares
About 224 days separate Greenwood's last and first frost, putting it 11,798 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 331 of 687.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Greenwood can differ from the 72905 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Greenwood's frost date answer different questions.