Mount Ida, AR 71969 Frost Dates
Mount Ida, AR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 213 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mount Ida 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 9 weeks until Mount Ida's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Mount Ida against the rest of the dataset
About 213 days separate Mount Ida's last and first frost, putting it 14,523 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 502 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71969's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Mount Ida can differ from the 71969 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Mount Ida's frost date answer different questions.