Wickes, AR 71973 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wickes, AR, ZIP 71973
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/26, roughly 210 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 226 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wickes 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 Wickes has about 10 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.
The actual range around Wickes's last frost
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wickes compares
About 226 days separate Wickes's last and first frost, putting it 11,253 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 309 of 687.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Wickes's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Wickes's dates instead of trusting one.