Huntington, AR 72940 Frost Dates
72940, near Huntington, AR: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 203 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Huntington in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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
Huntington's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/24 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Huntington against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 203 frost-free days, Huntington places 17,022 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 588 of 687.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 72940: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7b and Huntington's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Huntington's dates instead of trusting one.