Van Buren, AR 72956 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Van Buren, AR, ZIP 72956
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/25, roughly 209 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 224 frost-free days later.
Van Buren sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Van Buren has about 10 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Van Buren compares
Van Buren's growing season runs about 224 days, ranking 11,750 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 329 of 687.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Van Buren's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Van Buren's dates instead of trusting one.