Greenwood, AR 72906 Frost Dates
72906, near Greenwood, AR: the frost window
Around 03/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 209 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/06, roughly 224 days after the last spring frost.
Greenwood 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
Greenwood's growing season runs out in roughly 10 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/25 isn't a guarantee
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Greenwood against the rest of the dataset
Greenwood's growing season runs about 224 days, ranking 11,799 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 332 of 687.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 72906: local microclimates, on what one yard in Greenwood can differ from the 72906 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and Greenwood's frost date answer different questions.