Branch, AR 72928 Frost Dates
Branch, AR: when does the frost end?
Around 03/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 212 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/05, roughly 223 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Branch in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Branch's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Branch against the rest of the dataset
Branch's growing season runs about 223 days, ranking 12,148 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 379 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72928's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Branch can differ from the 72928 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Branch's frost date answer different questions.