Hickory Ridge, AR 72347 Frost Dates
Hickory Ridge, AR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/23, about 207 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/05, roughly 227 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Hickory Ridge, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Hickory Ridge's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/23 isn't a guarantee
03/23 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 04/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hickory Ridge against the rest of the dataset
Hickory Ridge's growing season runs about 227 days, ranking 11,066 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 297 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72347's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Hickory Ridge's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Hickory Ridge can differ from the 72347 normal.