Cedarville, AR 72948 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cedarville, AR, ZIP 72948
Around 04/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 224 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 201 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Cedarville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Cedarville has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
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 Cedarville compares
At roughly 201 frost-free days, Cedarville places 17,552 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 596 of 687.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Cedarville can differ from the 72948 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Cedarville's frost date answer different questions.