Mulberry, AR 72930 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Mulberry, AR?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/09, roughly 224 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 201 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 Mulberry, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Mulberry before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/09 isn't a guarantee
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mulberry compares
At roughly 201 frost-free days, Mulberry places 17,544 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 593 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Mulberry's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Mulberry can differ from the 72930 normal.