Lead Hill, AR 72668 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lead Hill, AR, ZIP 72668
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/15, roughly 230 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 189 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lead Hill in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Lead Hill has about 8 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
04/15 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
At roughly 189 frost-free days, Lead Hill places 21,730 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 664 of 687.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Lead Hill can differ from the 72668 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Lead Hill's frost date answer different questions.