Frost dates · Arkansas
Arkansas frost dates,
county by county.
Last spring frost and first fall frost probability data for all 75 counties in Arkansas, computed from the NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals. Every county page surfaces the full probability table at three temperature thresholds plus crop-specific planting guidance.
Variation across Arkansas
34 days separate the earliest and latest counties.
The median last spring frost in Miller County is February 28 — 34 days earlier than Washington County at April 3. Statewide averages aren't useful planting tools; pick your county below for the data that actually applies to your fields.
By frost timing
Counties sorted by last spring frost.
Latest at top, earliest at bottom. In most states this matches the north-to-south gradient.
- Washington CountySpring Apr 3·Fall Oct 31211-day season
- Izard CountySpring Apr 1·Fall Nov 5218-day season
- Benton CountySpring Mar 31·Fall Nov 4218-day season
- Searcy CountySpring Mar 30·Fall Nov 6221-day season
- Faulkner CountySpring Mar 29·Fall Nov 5221-day season
- Fulton CountySpring Mar 29·Fall Nov 8224-day season
- Crawford CountySpring Mar 28·Fall Nov 6223-day season
- Newton CountySpring Mar 27·Fall Nov 12230-day season
- Montgomery CountySpring Mar 26·Fall Nov 5224-day season
- Scott CountySpring Mar 26·Fall Nov 5224-day season
- Boone CountySpring Mar 24·Fall Nov 10231-day season
- Sharp CountySpring Mar 24·Fall Nov 9230-day season
- Van Buren CountySpring Mar 23·Fall Nov 16238-day season
- Pike CountySpring Mar 22·Fall Nov 11234-day season
- Polk CountySpring Mar 22·Fall Nov 10233-day season
- Baxter CountySpring Mar 20·Fall Nov 12237-day season
- Marion CountySpring Mar 20·Fall Nov 11236-day season
- Stone CountySpring Mar 19·Fall Nov 11237-day season
- Carroll CountySpring Mar 18·Fall Nov 17244-day season
- Garland CountySpring Mar 18·Fall Nov 16243-day season
- Madison CountySpring Mar 18·Fall Nov 17244-day season
- Randolph CountySpring Mar 18·Fall Nov 12239-day season
- Cleburne CountySpring Mar 16·Fall Nov 19248-day season
- Grant CountySpring Mar 16·Fall Nov 15244-day season
- Independence CountySpring Mar 16·Fall Nov 17246-day season
- Clay CountySpring Mar 15·Fall Nov 16246-day season
- Franklin CountySpring Mar 15·Fall Nov 18248-day season
- Perry CountySpring Mar 15·Fall Nov 19249-day season
- Poinsett CountySpring Mar 15·Fall Nov 19249-day season
- Columbia CountySpring Mar 14·Fall Nov 13244-day season
- Conway CountySpring Mar 14·Fall Nov 14245-day season
- Logan CountySpring Mar 14·Fall Nov 15246-day season
- Nevada CountySpring Mar 14·Fall Nov 16247-day season
- Greene CountySpring Mar 13·Fall Nov 17249-day season
- Lawrence CountySpring Mar 13·Fall Nov 17249-day season
- Pope CountySpring Mar 13·Fall Nov 14246-day season
- Sevier CountySpring Mar 13·Fall Nov 17249-day season
- Johnson CountySpring Mar 12·Fall Nov 23256-day season
- White CountySpring Mar 12·Fall Nov 19252-day season
- Clark CountySpring Mar 11·Fall Nov 16250-day season
- Hempstead CountySpring Mar 11·Fall Nov 17251-day season
- Little River CountySpring Mar 11·Fall Nov 21255-day season
- Sebastian CountySpring Mar 11·Fall Nov 17251-day season
- Craighead CountySpring Mar 10·Fall Nov 20255-day season
- Dallas CountySpring Mar 10·Fall Nov 17252-day season
- Howard CountySpring Mar 10·Fall Nov 21256-day season
- Cross CountySpring Mar 9·Fall Nov 20256-day season
- Saline CountySpring Mar 9·Fall Nov 18254-day season
- St. Francis CountySpring Mar 9·Fall Nov 20256-day season
- Hot Spring CountySpring Mar 8·Fall Nov 21258-day season
- Lonoke CountySpring Mar 8·Fall Nov 22259-day season
- Mississippi CountySpring Mar 8·Fall Nov 22259-day season
- Pulaski CountySpring Mar 8·Fall Nov 21258-day season
- Yell CountySpring Mar 8·Fall Nov 24261-day season
- Lee CountySpring Mar 7·Fall Nov 26264-day season
- Bradley CountySpring Mar 6·Fall Nov 23262-day season
- Jackson CountySpring Mar 6·Fall Nov 25264-day season
- Ouachita CountySpring Mar 6·Fall Nov 19258-day season
- Lafayette CountySpring Mar 5·Fall Nov 25265-day season
- Phillips CountySpring Mar 5·Fall Nov 23263-day season
- Calhoun CountySpring Mar 4·Fall Nov 21262-day season
- Drew CountySpring Mar 4·Fall Nov 25266-day season
- Jefferson CountySpring Mar 4·Fall Nov 29270-day season
- Union CountySpring Mar 4·Fall Nov 21262-day season
- Ashley CountySpring Mar 3·Fall Nov 26268-day season
- Cleveland CountySpring Mar 2·Fall Nov 28271-day season
- Crittenden CountySpring Mar 2·Fall Nov 24267-day season
- Lincoln CountySpring Mar 2·Fall Dec 1274-day season
- Monroe CountySpring Mar 2·Fall Nov 24267-day season
- Prairie CountySpring Mar 2·Fall Nov 26269-day season
- Woodruff CountySpring Mar 2·Fall Nov 26269-day season
- Arkansas CountySpring Feb 28·Fall Dec 1276-day season
- Chicot CountySpring Feb 28·Fall Nov 29274-day season
- Desha CountySpring Feb 28·Fall Nov 28273-day season
- Miller CountySpring Feb 28·Fall Nov 27272-day season
Alphabetical
All Arkansas counties — A to Z.
- Arkansas County
- Ashley County
- Baxter County
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Bradley County
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Chicot County
- Clark County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Cleveland County
- Columbia County
- Conway County
- Craighead County
- Crawford County
- Crittenden County
- Cross County
- Dallas County
- Desha County
- Drew County
- Faulkner County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Garland County
- Grant County
- Greene County
- Hempstead County
- Hot Spring County
- Howard County
- Independence County
- Izard County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Lafayette County
- Lawrence County
- Lee County
- Lincoln County
- Little River County
- Logan County
- Lonoke County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Miller County
- Mississippi County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Nevada County
- Newton County
- Ouachita County
- Perry County
- Phillips County
- Pike County
- Poinsett County
- Polk County
- Pope County
- Prairie County
- Pulaski County
- Randolph County
- Saline County
- Scott County
- Searcy County
- Sebastian County
- Sevier County
- Sharp County
- St. Francis County
- Stone County
- Union County
- Van Buren County
- Washington County
- White County
- Woodruff County
- Yell County