Cotter, AR 72626 Frost Dates
Cotter, AR: when does the frost end?
Around 04/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 217 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 212 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cotter in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Cotter's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/02 isn't a guarantee
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cotter against the rest of the dataset
About 212 days separate Cotter's last and first frost, putting it 14,640 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 508 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72626's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Cotter's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Cotter's dates instead of trusting one.