Horseshoe Lake, AR 38664 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Horseshoe Lake, AR, ZIP 38664
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/14, about 198 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/15, about 248 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Horseshoe Lake in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Horseshoe Lake has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Horseshoe Lake compares
At roughly 248 frost-free days, Horseshoe Lake places 7,736 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 12 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Horseshoe Lake's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Horseshoe Lake can differ from the 38664 normal.