Frost Dates: First and last frost dates for crossett, ar

How to read these charts for the spring
As the growing season approaches, the days get longer, the weather begins to warm up, and the nights start being less cold. You're still getting frost, but the chance of nightly frosts gets less and less with each passing day. Eventually, the frost stops, and this is when your tender plants are fully safe. So, how do you plan for this? The probabilities on this page help you assess your risk of frost on any given day.

What's a safe temperature for tender plants? When the nightly temperature falls, frost can form, even above 32°, because the air is colder high above the ground and the frost can form up there and then fall down onto your garden and do some damage, even if it's 36° on the ground. So many factors come into play, including wind, concrete, houses, trees and other structures, etc etc etc. Because of all this, you might want to consider 36° as "the danger zone".

In your average springtime, you have a 90% chance that there will be no 36° nights by April 23. In other words, you can pretty much count on being safe from frost by that day. But we want to get those tomatoes in the ground as soon as possible, right? We see that there's still an 80% chance of 36° on April 4, so we don't dare plant that early. We wait a few days and by April 11 we are at the 50/50 point. At this point, we are close and we can start watching the weather forecast. If the upcoming week's forecast doesn't show below 40°, then it's probably okay to risk planting out your plants.

In the Spring
Temperature 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Last 16° Mar 1 Feb 18 Feb 10 Feb 2 Jan 25 Jan 15 Dec 28 -- --
Last 20° Mar 10 Mar 1 Feb 22 Feb 16 Feb 11 Feb 6 Jan 31 Jan 24 Jan 15
Last 24° Mar 19 Mar 11 Mar 6 Mar 2 Feb 25 Feb 21 Feb 16 Feb 11 Feb 4
Last 28° Apr 5 Mar 29 Mar 24 Mar 20 Mar 17 Mar 13 Mar 9 Mar 4 Feb 26
Last 32° Apr 18 Apr 13 Apr 10 Apr 7 Apr 4 Apr 2 Mar 30 Mar 27 Mar 22
Last 36° Apr 23 Apr 19 Apr 16 Apr 14 Apr 11 Apr 9 Apr 6 Apr 4 Mar 31

How to read these charts for the fall
As your growing season comes to an end, the nightly temperatures for crossett, ar start to go down, and therefore every day that goes by increases the chance that you'll get frost. Your risk of frost really begins around October 10, and by November 7 you're almost certain to have received at least one frost event.

The charts on this page show the probabilities of receiving a certain temperature on a certain day. Some examples that might help:

  1. You have a small 20% chance of getting 32° by October 16.
  2. There is a 50% chance of being hit by a 32° frost starting around October 27
  3. You have a 80% chance of seeing 32° by November 7
  4. Said another way, you have a 1 in 5 chance at making it to that day without a 32° night.
In the Fall
Temperature 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
First 16° Dec 4 Dec 15 Dec 24 Dec 31 Jan 8 Jan 18 Feb 4 -- --
First 20° Nov 20 Nov 28 Dec 4 Dec 9 Dec 14 Dec 19 Dec 24 Dec 30 Jan 7
First 24° Oct 31 Nov 9 Nov 15 Nov 21 Nov 26 Dec 1 Dec 6 Dec 12 Dec 21
First 28° Oct 23 Oct 29 Nov 3 Nov 7 Nov 11 Nov 15 Nov 19 Nov 24 Dec 1
First 32° Oct 10 Oct 16 Oct 20 Oct 24 Oct 27 Oct 30 Nov 3 Nov 7 Nov 13
First 36° Sep 30 Oct 5 Oct 9 Oct 13 Oct 16 Oct 19 Oct 22 Oct 26 Nov 1

Frost Dates for other nearby locations
  • Bastrop, LA
  • Portland, AR
  • Warren, AR
  • Monticello Muni Ap, AR
  • Monroe Regional, LA
  • Eudora, AR
  • Dermott, AR
  • Calhoun Rsch Stn, LA
  • Fordyce, AR
  • Lake Providence, LA

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    • Data is provided by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.