Horseshoe Bend, AR 72587 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Horseshoe Bend, AR, ZIP 72587
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. 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
Zone 7a around Horseshoe Bend has about 9 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.
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
About 204 days separate Horseshoe Bend's last and first frost, putting it 16,619 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 566 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Horseshoe Bend's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Horseshoe Bend can differ from the 72587 normal.