Arkansas Frost Dates: Last and First Frost by Town

112 NOAA weather stations · 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals · Data updated 2026-10-29

Quick answer

Across Arkansas's 112 NOAA stations with regular frost, the median last spring frost is March 27 and the median first fall frost is November 6. Last frost dates range from March 10 at Arkansas Post to April 15 at Lead Hill, so enter your ZIP code below for the station nearest you.

How frost dates vary across Arkansas

Elevation matters: across Arkansas's stations, each 1,000 ft of elevation delays the median last frost by about 11 days.
North vs south: stations in the northern third of the state (north of 35.6°N) reach their median last frost about 15 days later than the southern third (south of 34.5°N).
Safety margin: the median 10%-risk date (April 13) is about 17 days after the median last frost. Waiting until then cuts the chance of a killing frost on tender transplants from 1 in 2 to 1 in 10.

Frost dates at Arkansas's major weather stations

These National Weather Service stations, mostly at airports, have the longest and most complete records in the state.


Batesville 8 WNW	455	Apr 9	Apr 24	Oct 25	198
Blytheville Municipal Airport	255	Mar 24	Apr 10	Nov 6	227
De Queen Sevier County Airport	355	Mar 26	Apr 11	Nov 5	226
El Dorado S Ar Regional Airport	252	Mar 24	Apr 9	Nov 7	230
Fayetteville Drake Field	1,251	Apr 15	May 1	Oct 21	188
Fayetteville NW Ar Airport	1,287	Apr 8	Apr 26	Oct 28	203
Fort Smith Regional Airport	449	Mar 25	Apr 11	Nov 6	224
Harrison Boone County Airport	1,374	Apr 3	Apr 21	Oct 30	210
Hot Springs Asos	535	Mar 24	Apr 13	Nov 9	230
Jonesboro Municipal Airport	262	Mar 23	Apr 9	Nov 9	230
Little Rock	568	Mar 16	Apr 2	Nov 16	245
Little Rock Airport Adams Field	258	Mar 21	Apr 6	Nov 10	234
Monticello Municipal Airport	290	Mar 18	Apr 6	Nov 12	238
Mount Ida Asos	702	Apr 2	Apr 20	Oct 31	213
Mountain Home Baxter Airport	928	Apr 2	Apr 19	Nov 1	212
Pine Bluff Grider Field	207	Mar 13	Apr 1	Nov 13	243
Russellville Municipal Airport	403	Mar 29	Apr 13	Nov 2	219
Texarkana Webb Field	361	Mar 13	Apr 3	Nov 13	246
West Memphis Municipal Airport	214	Mar 16	Apr 3	Nov 11	242

All 112 stations in Arkansas

Last frost and first frost are medians: a 50% chance of a 32°F night after (spring) or before (fall) that date. 10% risk is the spring date with only a 1-in-10 chance of a later frost. Click a column to sort.

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Alicia 2NNE	258	Mar 27	Apr 10	Nov 5	224
Alum Fk	698	Mar 28	Apr 12	Nov 8	226
Arkadelphia 2 N	196	Mar 26	Apr 11	Nov 4	225
Arkansas Post	194	Mar 10	Mar 28	Nov 18	251
Ashdown 4 SSE	320	Mar 24	Apr 8	Nov 11	233
Batesville 8 WNW	455	Apr 9	Apr 24	Oct 25	198
Batesville L&d 1	290	Mar 30	Apr 14	Nov 5	221
Batesville Lvstk	571	Apr 8	Apr 24	Oct 26	201
Beedeville 4 NE	222	Mar 23	Apr 9	Nov 5	227
Benton	310	Mar 24	Apr 13	Nov 7	229
Bentonville 4 S	1,220	Apr 12	Apr 29	Oct 26	195
Big Fk 1 SSE	1,200	Mar 26	Apr 11	Nov 12	235
Blakely Mountain Dam	426	Apr 3	Apr 20	Nov 4	216
Blue Mountain Dam	426	Mar 31	Apr 17	Nov 1	215
Blytheville	252	Mar 18	Apr 3	Nov 14	240
Blytheville Municipal Airport	255	Mar 24	Apr 10	Nov 6	227
Booneville 3 SSE	600	Apr 4	Apr 21	Nov 1	210
Brinkley	185	Mar 18	Apr 6	Nov 11	237
Cabot	300	Apr 4	Apr 20	Oct 31	209
Calico Rock 2 WSW	350	Apr 14	Apr 29	Oct 28	196
Calion L&d	77	Mar 18	Apr 6	Nov 7	235
Camden 1	116	Mar 21	Apr 7	Nov 6	230
Cane Creek State Park	260	Mar 15	Apr 3	Nov 17	246
Clarendon	179	Mar 15	Apr 1	Nov 11	241
Clarksville 2N	448	Mar 24	Apr 10	Nov 10	233
Clarksville 6 NE	850	Mar 25	Apr 12	Nov 10	232
Conway	312	Apr 2	Apr 19	Nov 2	215
Corning	300	Mar 27	Apr 10	Nov 4	224
Crossett 2 SSE	180	Mar 18	Apr 6	Nov 11	238
Dardanelle	370	Apr 1	Apr 17	Nov 2	215
De Queen Sevier County Airport	355	Mar 26	Apr 11	Nov 5	226
Deer	2,375	Apr 7	Apr 22	Nov 4	211
Degray Lake State Park	490	Mar 20	Apr 7	Nov 10	234
Dennard 10 WSW	1,740	Apr 4	Apr 20	Nov 2	212
Dequeen	407	Mar 29	Apr 16	Nov 5	222
Dermott 3 NE	145	Mar 13	Mar 31	Nov 10	242
Des Arc	200	Mar 11	Apr 1	Nov 14	247
Dumas	163	Mar 12	Mar 29	Nov 14	245
El Dorado S Ar Regional Airport	252	Mar 24	Apr 9	Nov 7	230
Eudora	135	Mar 13	Apr 5	Nov 14	244
Evening Shade 1 NNE	514	Apr 14	Apr 29	Oct 20	190
Fayetteville Drake Field	1,251	Apr 15	May 1	Oct 21	188
Fayetteville Experiment Station	1,270	Apr 4	Apr 22	Oct 31	209
Fayetteville NW Ar Airport	1,287	Apr 8	Apr 26	Oct 28	203
Fordyce	230	Mar 26	Apr 13	Nov 6	226
Fort Smith Regional Airport	449	Mar 25	Apr 11	Nov 6	224
Gilbert	606	Apr 14	Apr 30	Oct 22	189
Gravette	1,260	Apr 5	Apr 26	Oct 28	204
Greenbrier	338	Apr 9	Apr 24	Oct 25	198
Greers Ferry Dam	527	Mar 31	Apr 16	Nov 6	222
Hardy	400	Apr 4	Apr 21	Oct 31	210
Harrison	1,132	Mar 22	Apr 8	Nov 9	231
Harrison Boone County Airport	1,374	Apr 3	Apr 21	Oct 30	210
Helena	195	Mar 15	Apr 1	Nov 16	246
Hope 3 NE	375	Mar 26	Apr 13	Nov 6	226
Hot Springs 1 NNE	626	Mar 19	Apr 7	Nov 13	239
Hot Springs Asos	535	Mar 24	Apr 13	Nov 9	230
Huntsville 1 SSW	1,783	Mar 30	Apr 15	Nov 7	224
Jonesboro 2 NE	310	Apr 1	Apr 18	Nov 1	215
Jonesboro Municipal Airport	262	Mar 23	Apr 9	Nov 9	230
Keiser	232	Mar 23	Apr 8	Nov 6	229
Keo	231	Mar 21	Apr 6	Nov 9	235
Kingston 2S	2,145	Apr 13	Apr 28	Oct 29	199
Lead Hill	830	Apr 15	May 1	Oct 22	189
Leola	255	Apr 2	Apr 18	Nov 2	215
Lewisville	340	Mar 19	Apr 6	Nov 12	238
Little Rock	568	Mar 16	Apr 2	Nov 16	245
Little Rock Airport Adams Field	258	Mar 21	Apr 6	Nov 10	234
Magnolia	372	Mar 31	Apr 17	Nov 2	218
Malvern	300	Mar 31	Apr 16	Nov 5	220
Mammoth Spring	502	Apr 12	Apr 27	Oct 24	194
Marche	272	Apr 1	Apr 17	Nov 1	213
Marianna 2 S	234	Mar 18	Apr 5	Nov 11	238
Marshall	951	Apr 11	Apr 27	Oct 26	197
Mena	1,152	Apr 5	Apr 24	Nov 1	208
Monticello Municipal Airport	290	Mar 18	Apr 6	Nov 12	238
Morrilton	340	Mar 30	Apr 15	Nov 2	219
Mount Ida 3 SE	697	Apr 8	Apr 26	Oct 26	201
Mount Ida Asos	702	Apr 2	Apr 20	Oct 31	213
Mountain Home 1 NNW	800	Mar 31	Apr 18	Nov 1	214
Mountain Home Baxter Airport	928	Apr 2	Apr 19	Nov 1	212
Mountain View	716	Apr 2	Apr 20	Oct 31	211
Mountainburg 2 NE	793	Apr 9	Apr 28	Oct 28	201
Murfreesboro 1W	460	Apr 5	Apr 22	Nov 1	209
Nashville	400	Mar 26	Apr 12	Nov 9	227
Newport	228	Mar 18	Apr 4	Nov 11	240
Nimrod Dam	480	Mar 22	Apr 7	Nov 11	233
Ozark 2	830	Mar 30	Apr 17	Nov 6	222
Paragould 1S	270	Mar 26	Apr 10	Nov 6	227
Pine Bluff	230	Mar 14	Apr 2	Nov 16	245
Pine Bluff Grider Field	207	Mar 13	Apr 1	Nov 13	243
Pocahontas 1	315	Mar 31	Apr 18	Nov 1	214
Poinsett State Park	345	Mar 28	Apr 11	Nov 7	224
Portland	128	Mar 14	Apr 1	Nov 10	241
Prescott 2 NNW	308	Mar 29	Apr 15	Nov 6	224
Rison	280	Mar 17	Apr 6	Nov 14	241
Rohwer 2 NNE	150	Mar 12	Mar 31	Nov 14	247
Russellville Municipal Airport	403	Mar 29	Apr 13	Nov 2	219
Saint Charles	200	Mar 17	Apr 5	Nov 10	238
Salem	680	Apr 8	Apr 25	Oct 30	204
Searcy	230	Mar 27	Apr 12	Nov 8	228
Sheridan	250	Apr 1	Apr 17	Nov 3	218
Sparkman	170	Mar 29	Apr 18	Nov 4	223
Stuttgart 9 ESE	198	Mar 11	Mar 31	Nov 17	250
Subiaco	500	Mar 28	Apr 14	Nov 5	223
Texarkana Webb Field	361	Mar 13	Apr 3	Nov 13	246
W Memphis	215	Mar 19	Apr 7	Nov 10	235
Waldron	716	Apr 8	Apr 24	Oct 28	203
Warren 2 WSW	210	Mar 20	Apr 7	Nov 11	235
West Memphis Municipal Airport	214	Mar 16	Apr 3	Nov 11	242
Winslow 7NE	2,189	Apr 5	Apr 23	Nov 5	211
Wynne	260	Mar 23	Apr 8	Nov 7	231

Frequently asked questions

When is the last frost in Arkansas?

The median last spring frost (32°F) across Arkansas's NOAA weather stations is March 27, based on 1991–2020 climate normals. It ranges from March 10 at Arkansas Post to April 15 at Lead Hill. For a safer planting date, use the 10%-risk date; the state median for that is April 13.

When is the first frost in Arkansas?

The median first fall frost across Arkansas's stations is November 6. The earliest median first frost is October 20 at Evening Shade 1 NNE, and the latest is November 18 at Arkansas Post.

How long is the growing season in Arkansas?

The median frost-free season is 224 days across Arkansas's stations, from 188 days at Fayetteville Drake Field to 251 days at Arkansas Post.

When should I plant tomatoes in Arkansas?

Plant tomatoes outdoors after your local last frost, ideally after the 10%-risk date when nights stay above 50°F. At a typical Arkansas station that means starting seeds indoors 6–8 weeks before March 27 and transplanting from about April 13. Check your ZIP code, because dates vary by weeks across the state.

How to use these dates

Frost dates are 30-year averages from NOAA, not forecasts. Use them to plan seed starting and planting, then watch the 10-day forecast as the date approaches. Cold air settles in valleys and low spots, so a garden at the bottom of a slope can frost a week or more later in spring than the nearest station shows.

Ready to plan? The planting calendar by ZIP code turns these dates into start-indoors, transplant and sowing dates for 30 crops.

Sources and method

Dates are the 32°F freeze probabilities published in the NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals for each station. Station names are NOAA's, lightly expanded for readability. See the methodology or download the full table.