Midland, AR 72945 Frost Dates
72945, near Midland, AR: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/25, about 209 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/06, roughly 224 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Midland 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
Midland'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.
Midland against the rest of the dataset
Midland's growing season runs about 224 days, ranking 11,959 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 358 of 687.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 72945: the frost range, on how to read the range around Midland's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Midland can differ from the 72945 normal.