Mansfield, AR 72944 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Mansfield, AR?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 203 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mansfield in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Mansfield before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Mansfield's last frost
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mansfield compares
About 203 days separate Mansfield's last and first frost, putting it 16,985 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 586 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Mansfield's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Mansfield can differ from the 72944 normal.