Horseshoe Bend, AR 72512 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Horseshoe Bend, AR?
Around 04/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 223 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 204 frost-free days later.
Horseshoe Bend sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Horseshoe Bend before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Horseshoe Bend compares
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Horseshoe Bend places 16,618 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 565 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Horseshoe Bend's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Horseshoe Bend can differ from the 72512 normal.