When to plant in Horatio, AR

Planting dates worked out from Horatio's own frost records, not a generic zone chart.

Safe to plant out

Apr 14

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Mar 28

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 8

1 year in 10 by Oct 27

Frost-free days

223

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Dequeen · 12.0 km away · station 124 m, town 123 m. How we match towns to stations

This season

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Planting dates for common crops

Crop	Start indoors	Plant out or sow	Harvest from
Tomato	Feb 17 – Mar 3	Apr 14 – Apr 28	Jun 8
Sweet pepper	Feb 3 – Feb 17	Apr 14 – Apr 28	Jun 13
Lettuce (leaf)	Jan 24 – Jan 31	Feb 28 – Mar 14	Apr 9
Peas	—	Feb 14 – Mar 14	Apr 10
Bush beans	—	Apr 7 – Apr 28	May 27
Carrot	—	Mar 7 – Apr 18	May 6
Beet	—	Feb 28 – Apr 11	Apr 19
Potato	—	Mar 7 – Mar 28	May 16
Kale	Jan 17 – Jan 31	Feb 28 – Mar 14	Apr 12
Broccoli	Jan 17 – Jan 31	Feb 28 – Mar 21	Apr 29
Cucumber	Mar 17 – Mar 24	Apr 14 – Apr 28	Jun 3
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 17 – Mar 24	Apr 14 – Apr 28	May 29
Winter squash	Mar 17 – Mar 24	Apr 14 – Apr 28	Jul 3
Sweet corn	—	Apr 7 – Apr 28	Jun 6
Onion (from sets)	—	Feb 28 – Mar 21	May 29
Garlic	—	Oct 25 – Nov 22 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Feb 14 – Mar 14	Mar 24
Basil	Mar 3 – Mar 17	Apr 14 – Apr 28	Jun 10

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Horatio's weather over time

How the growing season has shifted here, year by year, from the station's own records.

Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend

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Year	Last spring frost
1936	Apr 7
1937	Apr 6
1938	Apr 9
1939	Apr 7
1940	Apr 13
1941	Mar 29
1942	Apr 1
1943	Apr 15
1944	Mar 31
1946	Mar 9
1947	Apr 17
1948	Mar 14
1949	Apr 16
1950	Apr 6
1951	Apr 17
1952	Mar 25
1953	Apr 19
1954	Apr 2
1955	Mar 29
1956	Apr 8
1957	Apr 13
1958	Mar 20
1959	Apr 14
1960	Mar 21
1961	Apr 16
1962	Apr 3
1963	Mar 23
1964	Apr 9
1965	Mar 27
1966	Apr 6
1967	Mar 18
1968	Apr 5
1969	Mar 27
1970	Apr 3
1971	Apr 8
1972	Mar 31
1973	Apr 11
1974	Apr 9
1975	Apr 4
1976	Mar 10
1977	Mar 23
1978	Mar 27
1979	Apr 5
1980	Apr 16
1981	Mar 25
1984	Mar 12
1985	Mar 6
1986	Mar 23
1987	Apr 6
1988	Mar 30
1990	Apr 8
1991	Apr 1
1992	Apr 3
1993	Mar 15
1994	Apr 8
1995	Mar 12
1996	Apr 8
1997	Apr 14
1998	Mar 23
1999	Mar 17
2000	Mar 21
2001	Mar 17
2002	Mar 28
2003	Apr 11
2004	Mar 31
2005	Mar 18
2006	Mar 25
2007	Apr 9
2008	Apr 14
2009	Apr 8
2010	Mar 22
2011	Apr 6
2012	Mar 4
2013	Mar 28
2014	Apr 15
2015	Mar 8
2016	Mar 22
2017	Mar 16
2018	Apr 17
2019	Apr 3
2020	Mar 1
2022	Apr 10
2023	Mar 21
2024	Mar 20
2025	Mar 22
2026	Mar 18

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1936	210
1937	199
1938	197
1939	204
1940	212
1942	208
1943	183
1944	234
1946	216
1947	204
1948	217
1949	192
1950	211
1951	197
1952	196
1953	203
1955	202
1956	214
1957	195
1958	243
1959	205
1960	212
1961	201
1962	214
1963	223
1964	193
1965	211
1966	196
1967	223
1968	205
1969	218
1970	212
1971	209
1972	221
1973	213
1974	217
1975	204
1976	212
1977	203
1978	225
1979	215
1980	191
1981	212
1984	243
1985	269
1986	233
1987	218
1990	211
1991	213
1992	215
1993	228
1994	233
1995	236
1996	208
1997	214
1998	232
1999	230
2000	201
2001	247
2002	223
2003	231
2004	239
2006	211
2007	211
2008	196
2009	231
2010	221
2011	196
2012	237
2013	223
2014	199
2015	258
2016	253
2017	225
2018	206
2019	211
2020	273
2022	191
2023	223
2024	245
2025	232

Each year's average temperature, April to SeptemberLong-term trend

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1936	25.1 °C
1937	24.4 °C
1938	24.5 °C
1939	24.7 °C
1940	22.9 °C
1941	24.3 °C
1942	23.1 °C
1943	24.7 °C
1944	23.6 °C
1946	23.4 °C
1947	23.6 °C
1948	24.0 °C
1949	22.6 °C
1950	21.0 °C
1951	22.6 °C
1952	23.5 °C
1953	23.6 °C
1954	25.4 °C
1955	24.3 °C
1956	24.6 °C
1957	23.8 °C
1958	23.9 °C
1959	24.1 °C
1960	23.9 °C
1961	22.5 °C
1962	23.9 °C
1963	24.5 °C
1964	24.4 °C
1965	24.6 °C
1966	23.1 °C
1967	22.9 °C
1968	23.2 °C
1969	23.9 °C
1970	24.1 °C
1971	23.5 °C
1972	24.1 °C
1973	23.1 °C
1974	23.1 °C
1975	23.2 °C
1976	21.9 °C
1977	25.0 °C
1978	25.3 °C
1979	23.1 °C
1980	24.5 °C
1981	23.1 °C
1984	22.8 °C
1985	23.8 °C
1986	24.2 °C
1987	24.2 °C
1988	23.8 °C
1989	22.9 °C
1990	23.9 °C
1991	24.2 °C
1992	21.9 °C
1993	22.9 °C
1994	22.8 °C
1995	22.8 °C
1996	22.5 °C
1997	22.7 °C
1998	25.1 °C
1999	24.0 °C
2000	23.5 °C
2001	23.9 °C
2002	23.8 °C
2003	23.2 °C
2004	24.0 °C
2005	24.3 °C
2006	24.0 °C
2007	23.3 °C
2008	22.7 °C
2009	22.4 °C
2010	24.7 °C
2011	24.6 °C
2012	24.4 °C
2013	22.9 °C
2014	22.2 °C
2015	23.6 °C
2016	23.9 °C
2017	23.1 °C
2018	23.9 °C
2019	24.0 °C
2020	22.7 °C
2022	24.5 °C
2023	23.8 °C
2024	24.0 °C
2025	23.1 °C
2026	25.2 °C

What this means for you: Since 1936, Horatio's last spring frost has come about 1 day earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 3 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Dequeen (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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