Carthage, AR 71748 Frost Dates
Carthage, AR: when does the frost end?
Around 03/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 213 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 223 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Carthage in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Carthage's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Carthage's last frost
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Carthage against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 223 frost-free days, Carthage places 12,154 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 382 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71748's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Carthage's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Carthage's dates instead of trusting one.