Lead Hill, AR 72644 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lead Hill, AR?
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 189 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Lead Hill, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Lead Hill before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Lead Hill's last frost
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lead Hill compares
Lead Hill's growing season runs about 189 days, ranking 21,729 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 663 of 687.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Lead Hill's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Lead Hill's dates instead of trusting one.