When to plant in Gravette, AR

Planting dates worked out from Gravette's own frost records, not a generic zone chart.

Safe to plant out

May 3

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 10

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 25

1 year in 10 by Oct 10

Frost-free days

199

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Gravette · 0.7 km away · station 384 m, town 371 m. How we match towns to stations

This season

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Planting dates for common crops

Crop	Start indoors	Plant out or sow	Harvest from
Tomato	Mar 8 – Mar 22	May 3 – May 17	Jun 27
Sweet pepper	Feb 22 – Mar 8	May 3 – May 17	Jul 2
Lettuce (leaf)	Feb 6 – Feb 13	Mar 13 – Mar 27	Apr 22
Peas	—	Feb 27 – Mar 27	Apr 23
Bush beans	—	Apr 26 – May 17	Jun 15
Carrot	—	Mar 20 – May 1	May 19
Beet	—	Mar 13 – Apr 24	May 2
Potato	—	Mar 20 – Apr 10	May 29
Kale	Jan 30 – Feb 13	Mar 13 – Mar 27	Apr 25
Broccoli	Jan 30 – Feb 13	Mar 13 – Apr 3	May 12
Cucumber	Apr 5 – Apr 12	May 3 – May 17	Jun 22
Summer squash and zucchini	Apr 5 – Apr 12	May 3 – May 17	Jun 17
Winter squash	Apr 5 – Apr 12	May 3 – May 17	Jul 22
Sweet corn	—	Apr 26 – May 17	Jun 25
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 13 – Apr 3	Jun 11
Garlic	—	Oct 11 – Nov 8 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Feb 27 – Mar 27	Apr 6
Basil	Mar 22 – Apr 5	May 3 – May 17	Jun 29

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Gravette's weather over time

How the growing season has shifted here, year by year, from the station's own records.

Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend

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Year	Last spring frost
1899	Apr 9
1900	Apr 13
1901	May 26
1902	Apr 17
1903	May 3
1904	Apr 28
1907	May 15
1908	May 8
1909	May 10
1910	Apr 26
1911	May 2
1912	Apr 18
1913	Apr 14
1914	Apr 20
1915	Apr 3
1916	Apr 9
1918	May 1
1919	Apr 18
1920	Apr 15
1921	May 4
1922	Apr 19
1923	May 9
1924	May 11
1925	May 2
1926	May 15
1927	Apr 22
1928	Apr 28
1929	Apr 1
1930	Mar 30
1931	May 7
1932	Mar 23
1933	Apr 15
1935	Apr 13
1936	Apr 8
1937	Apr 27
1938	Apr 10
1939	Apr 12
1940	Apr 13
1941	Mar 29
1942	Apr 10
1943	Apr 20
1944	May 6
1945	May 5
1946	Apr 17
1947	Apr 17
1948	Apr 14
1949	Apr 16
1950	Apr 20
1951	Apr 23
1952	May 12
1953	Apr 20
1954	May 4
1955	Apr 8
1956	Apr 23
1957	Apr 14
1958	Apr 12
1959	Apr 23
1960	May 12
1961	May 2
1962	Apr 16
1963	May 1
1964	Apr 9
1965	Apr 29
1966	Apr 21
1967	Mar 21
1968	Apr 24
1969	Mar 30
1970	Apr 14
1971	May 13
1972	Apr 8
1973	Apr 11
1974	Apr 17
1975	Apr 12
1976	Apr 1
1977	Mar 31
1978	Apr 21
1979	Apr 28
1980	May 9
1981	Apr 5
1982	Apr 22
1983	Apr 20
1984	Apr 18
1985	Apr 9
1986	Apr 22
1987	Apr 5
1988	Apr 27
1989	Apr 11
1990	Apr 11
1991	Mar 31
1992	May 7
1993	Apr 4
1994	Apr 7
1995	Apr 24
1996	Apr 6
1997	Apr 17
1998	Mar 22
1999	Mar 26
2000	Apr 9
2001	Apr 18
2002	Apr 4
2003	Apr 10
2004	Apr 13
2005	May 3
2006	Mar 25
2007	Apr 15
2008	Apr 14
2009	Apr 11
2010	Mar 29
2011	May 3
2012	Mar 9
2013	May 3
2014	Apr 15
2015	Apr 6
2016	Apr 2
2017	Mar 15
2018	Apr 16
2019	Apr 12
2020	Apr 18
2023	Apr 23
2024	Mar 28
2025	Apr 8
2026	Mar 17

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1899	168
1900	201
1901	114
1902	148
1903	167
1904	174
1907	147
1908	142
1909	154
1910	184
1911	172
1912	179
1913	188
1914	189
1915	187
1916	193
1918	181
1919	197
1920	167
1921	156
1922	173
1923	164
1924	141
1925	160
1926	162
1927	197
1928	177
1929	205
1930	201
1931	176
1932	195
1933	205
1935	205
1936	198
1937	178
1938	195
1939	200
1940	206
1941	212
1942	169
1943	178
1944	158
1945	172
1946	177
1947	201
1948	180
1949	197
1950	197
1951	191
1952	147
1953	191
1954	163
1955	189
1956	185
1957	187
1958	172
1959	168
1960	160
1961	170
1962	191
1963	180
1964	178
1965	165
1966	162
1967	191
1968	162
1969	211
1970	178
1971	173
1972	193
1973	212
1974	181
1975	189
1976	198
1977	194
1978	168
1979	164
1980	168
1981	165
1982	174
1983	153
1984	164
1985	174
1986	202
1987	180
1988	167
1989	165
1990	181
1991	214
1992	180
1993	188
1994	201
1995	150
1996	194
1997	193
1998	228
1999	207
2000	181
2001	180
2002	195
2003	210
2004	205
2005	174
2006	201
2007	204
2008	195
2009	189
2010	213
2011	168
2012	211
2013	174
2014	199
2015	229
2016	230
2017	226
2018	207
2019	182
2023	187
2024	201
2025	207

Each year's average temperature, April to SeptemberLong-term trend

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1898	20.4 °C
1899	21.2 °C
1900	21.8 °C
1901	22.1 °C
1902	21.6 °C
1903	20.1 °C
1904	20.3 °C
1906	21.0 °C
1907	20.6 °C
1908	21.2 °C
1909	21.9 °C
1910	21.0 °C
1911	22.1 °C
1912	21.2 °C
1913	21.8 °C
1914	22.0 °C
1915	20.6 °C
1916	21.9 °C
1918	21.5 °C
1919	21.5 °C
1920	20.6 °C
1921	22.1 °C
1922	22.0 °C
1923	21.4 °C
1924	20.3 °C
1925	22.2 °C
1926	20.4 °C
1927	21.5 °C
1928	20.4 °C
1929	21.7 °C
1930	22.5 °C
1931	21.5 °C
1933	22.4 °C
1934	24.1 °C
1935	21.1 °C
1936	24.0 °C
1937	22.6 °C
1938	22.5 °C
1939	22.6 °C
1940	20.9 °C
1941	23.0 °C
1942	21.8 °C
1943	23.1 °C
1944	22.1 °C
1945	20.6 °C
1946	21.9 °C
1947	22.1 °C
1948	22.0 °C
1949	21.3 °C
1950	20.0 °C
1951	21.0 °C
1952	22.2 °C
1953	22.2 °C
1954	23.9 °C
1955	22.2 °C
1956	22.0 °C
1957	21.2 °C
1958	21.1 °C
1959	21.4 °C
1960	21.3 °C
1961	19.8 °C
1962	21.2 °C
1963	22.6 °C
1964	21.8 °C
1965	22.1 °C
1966	20.7 °C
1967	20.8 °C
1968	21.1 °C
1969	22.1 °C
1970	22.4 °C
1971	21.3 °C
1972	21.6 °C
1973	20.7 °C
1974	20.7 °C
1975	21.1 °C
1976	20.4 °C
1977	23.2 °C
1978	23.0 °C
1979	21.4 °C
1980	23.3 °C
1981	21.4 °C
1982	21.3 °C
1983	21.1 °C
1984	21.1 °C
1985	21.6 °C
1986	22.4 °C
1987	22.5 °C
1988	22.2 °C
1989	20.6 °C
1990	22.1 °C
1991	22.7 °C
1992	20.7 °C
1993	21.3 °C
1994	21.9 °C
1995	21.4 °C
1996	21.5 °C
1997	20.7 °C
1998	23.8 °C
1999	21.8 °C
2000	22.5 °C
2001	22.8 °C
2002	22.6 °C
2003	22.0 °C
2004	21.4 °C
2005	22.5 °C
2006	23.1 °C
2007	22.3 °C
2008	21.4 °C
2009	20.9 °C
2010	23.7 °C
2011	24.1 °C
2012	24.4 °C
2013	22.0 °C
2014	22.3 °C
2015	22.9 °C
2016	23.1 °C
2017	22.4 °C
2018	23.2 °C
2019	23.4 °C
2020	22.4 °C
2022	23.1 °C
2023	22.7 °C
2024	23.4 °C
2025	22.8 °C

What this means for you: Since 1899, Gravette's last spring frost has come about 2 days earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 2 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Gravette (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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