When to plant in Malvern, AR

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

Safe to plant out

Apr 14

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Mar 28

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 8

1 year in 10 by Oct 27

Frost-free days

224

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Malvern · 4.2 km away · station 91 m, town 96 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	Feb 17 – Mar 3	Apr 14 – Apr 28	Jun 8
Sweet pepper	Feb 3 – Feb 17	Apr 14 – Apr 28	Jun 13
Lettuce (leaf)	Jan 24 – Jan 31	Feb 28 – Mar 14	Apr 9
Peas	—	Feb 14 – Mar 14	Apr 10
Bush beans	—	Apr 7 – Apr 28	May 27
Carrot	—	Mar 7 – Apr 18	May 6
Beet	—	Feb 28 – Apr 11	Apr 19
Potato	—	Mar 7 – Mar 28	May 16
Kale	Jan 17 – Jan 31	Feb 28 – Mar 14	Apr 12
Broccoli	Jan 17 – Jan 31	Feb 28 – Mar 21	Apr 29
Cucumber	Mar 17 – Mar 24	Apr 14 – Apr 28	Jun 3
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 17 – Mar 24	Apr 14 – Apr 28	May 29
Winter squash	Mar 17 – Mar 24	Apr 14 – Apr 28	Jul 3
Sweet corn	—	Apr 7 – Apr 28	Jun 6
Onion (from sets)	—	Feb 28 – Mar 21	May 29
Garlic	—	Oct 25 – Nov 22 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Feb 14 – Mar 14	Mar 24
Basil	Mar 3 – Mar 17	Apr 14 – Apr 28	Jun 10

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Malvern'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
1895	Apr 3
1896	Apr 3
1897	Mar 24
1898	Mar 25
1899	Apr 9
1900	Apr 12
1901	Apr 3
1902	Apr 4
1903	Apr 5
1904	Apr 10
1905	Mar 1
1906	Apr 1
1907	Apr 3
1908	Mar 21
1909	Apr 10
1910	Apr 25
1911	Mar 17
1912	Mar 26
1913	Mar 28
1914	Apr 10
1915	Apr 3
1916	Mar 28
1917	Mar 28
1918	Mar 17
1919	Mar 1
1920	Apr 5
1921	Apr 11
1923	Apr 1
1924	Apr 2
1925	Mar 28
1926	Apr 16
1927	Mar 22
1928	Apr 16
1929	Mar 17
1930	Mar 31
1931	Apr 22
1932	Mar 15
1933	Mar 21
1934	Mar 29
1948	Mar 14
1949	Apr 16
1952	Mar 24
1953	Apr 19
1954	Apr 1
1955	Mar 29
1956	Apr 17
1957	Apr 13
1958	Apr 8
1959	Apr 14
1960	Apr 19
1961	Apr 18
1962	Apr 16
1963	Mar 27
1964	Apr 10
1965	Mar 25
1966	Apr 10
1967	Mar 22
1968	Apr 6
1969	Apr 1
1970	Apr 3
1971	Apr 8
1972	Apr 9
1973	Apr 11
1974	Apr 9
1975	Apr 4
1976	Mar 17
1977	Apr 6
1978	Mar 28
1979	Apr 5
1980	Apr 15
1981	Mar 24
1982	Apr 9
1983	Apr 19
1984	Mar 11
1985	Apr 9
1986	Mar 23
1987	Apr 5
1988	Mar 30
1989	Apr 11
1990	Apr 8
1991	Mar 31
1992	Apr 3
1993	Mar 15
1994	Apr 8
1995	Mar 11
1996	Apr 10
1997	Apr 13
1998	Mar 22
1999	Mar 16
2000	Apr 9
2001	Mar 17
2002	Mar 27
2003	Apr 10
2007	Apr 7
2008	Apr 15
2010	Mar 6
2011	Apr 6
2012	Mar 4
2013	Mar 28
2014	Apr 17
2015	Mar 8
2016	Mar 22
2017	Mar 16
2018	Apr 17
2019	Apr 3
2020	Mar 8
2021	Apr 22
2022	Apr 9
2023	Mar 21
2024	Mar 20
2025	Mar 22
2026	Mar 18

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1895	200
1896	215
1897	223
1898	210
1899	206
1900	212
1901	214
1902	208
1903	201
1904	195
1905	254
1906	191
1907	193
1908	217
1909	197
1910	186
1911	229
1912	220
1913	215
1914	200
1915	225
1916	206
1917	194
1918	228
1919	254
1921	206
1923	203
1924	204
1925	205
1926	200
1927	239
1928	202
1929	220
1930	213
1931	191
1932	204
1933	231
1948	217
1949	198
1953	193
1954	211
1955	209
1956	205
1957	196
1958	208
1959	205
1960	200
1961	179
1962	201
1963	216
1964	182
1965	211
1966	188
1967	190
1968	201
1969	217
1970	213
1971	209
1972	199
1973	200
1974	219
1975	222
1976	214
1977	193
1978	200
1979	210
1980	192
1981	213
1982	196
1983	206
1984	244
1985	212
1986	233
1987	219
1988	231
1989	191
1990	211
1991	215
1992	214
1993	228
1994	200
1995	237
1996	206
1997	216
1998	261
1999	231
2000	218
2001	224
2002	230
2010	237
2011	196
2012	253
2013	229
2014	196
2015	258
2016	242
2017	224
2018	206
2019	211
2020	262
2021	196
2022	192
2023	223
2024	245
2025	232

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1884	23.7 °C
1894	22.7 °C
1895	23.9 °C
1896	25.6 °C
1897	24.0 °C
1898	24.3 °C
1899	23.5 °C
1900	23.0 °C
1902	23.9 °C
1903	22.4 °C
1904	22.4 °C
1905	23.6 °C
1906	22.6 °C
1907	21.3 °C
1908	23.5 °C
1909	23.4 °C
1910	22.6 °C
1911	23.8 °C
1912	23.6 °C
1913	23.6 °C
1914	23.7 °C
1915	23.2 °C
1916	24.0 °C
1917	22.5 °C
1918	23.7 °C
1919	23.0 °C
1921	23.9 °C
1923	23.8 °C
1924	23.3 °C
1925	25.6 °C
1926	23.9 °C
1927	24.3 °C
1928	23.2 °C
1929	23.9 °C
1930	25.0 °C
1931	23.5 °C
1932	24.5 °C
1933	24.6 °C
1948	24.8 °C
1949	23.4 °C
1953	24.7 °C
1954	25.6 °C
1955	24.4 °C
1956	23.9 °C
1957	23.7 °C
1958	22.9 °C
1959	23.1 °C
1960	23.3 °C
1961	21.8 °C
1962	23.2 °C
1963	23.5 °C
1964	23.7 °C
1965	23.4 °C
1966	22.3 °C
1967	22.0 °C
1968	22.5 °C
1969	23.3 °C
1970	23.7 °C
1971	23.0 °C
1972	23.1 °C
1973	21.9 °C
1974	22.2 °C
1975	22.8 °C
1976	21.8 °C
1977	24.3 °C
1978	23.7 °C
1979	22.3 °C
1980	24.7 °C
1981	23.1 °C
1982	22.2 °C
1983	22.8 °C
1984	22.5 °C
1985	23.5 °C
1986	24.0 °C
1987	24.4 °C
1988	23.3 °C
1989	22.8 °C
1990	23.9 °C
1991	23.7 °C
1992	22.0 °C
1993	22.8 °C
1995	20.8 °C
1996	23.3 °C
1997	23.5 °C
1998	25.4 °C
1999	24.2 °C
2000	24.4 °C
2001	24.2 °C
2002	24.3 °C
2003	23.4 °C
2006	24.2 °C
2007	23.6 °C
2008	23.2 °C
2009	22.9 °C
2010	24.9 °C
2011	24.1 °C
2012	24.4 °C
2013	22.5 °C
2014	22.2 °C
2015	23.7 °C
2016	23.6 °C
2017	22.9 °C
2018	23.6 °C
2019	23.6 °C
2020	22.4 °C
2021	22.5 °C
2022	23.9 °C
2023	23.7 °C
2024	24.1 °C
2026	25.2 °C

What this means for you: Since 1895, Malvern's last spring frost has stayed at about the same time of year. The frost-free season has grown by about 1 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

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

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