Here’s When To Expect Our First Frost In Arkansas

The Fall season is almost here. We all love the cooler temperatures but when will we wake up to the first frosty morning in Arkansas?

It's always a wonderful feeling to be toasty in bed and then get up to a beautiful frosty morning with a fresh cup of coffee brewing and ready to warm your hands.

Knowing when the first frost is coming is important to farmers but also for anyone who has potted plants outside during the spring and summer months. We need to know when the first frost is coming so we can bring our plants inside. A frosty morning consists of temperatures just above freezing but cold enough to damage tender plants and crops around the mid to high 30 degrees Fahrenheit. The Old Farmers Almanac is here to help predict our first frost of the season.

If you are like me you have some beautiful tropical plants or house plants outside that need to come back inside the house before a frost or they might die.

For Arkansas, we can break the state up into thirds to give you towns in the northern portion of the state, the middle portion and the southern portion to give you a better idea of first frost dates.

First Frost For the Northern Portions of Arkansas

Towns:

Fayetteville - October 25

Mountain Home - October 27

Pocahontas - October 27

Fort Smith - November 1

Russellville - October 29

Searcy - November 2

West Memphis.- November 4

First Frost For the Middle Portions of Arkansas

Towns:

Booneville - October 28

Conway - October 28

Forrest City - November 1

Mena - October 26

Little Rock - November 4

Pine Bluff  - November 8

DeQueen - October 31

Arkadelphia - October 31

Hot Springs - November 6

Dewitt - November 9

First Frost for the Southern Portions of Arkansas

Towns:

Nashville - November 3

Camden  - November 1

Ashdown - November 5

Fordyce  - November 1

Dumas - November 8

Texarkana - November 7

Magnolia - October 28

El Dorado - November 1

Crossett - November 4

if you don't see your town on this list there is a more complete list at Almanac.com

I love looking at these dates and then checking back after the first frost to see how accurate the Farmers' Almanac is... and it usually is really close!

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