When to plant in Hughes, AR

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

Safe to plant out

Apr 7

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Mar 22

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 16

1 year in 10 by Nov 1

Frost-free days

236

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Tunica 2 N · 26.3 km away · station 63 m, town 63 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 10 – Feb 24	Apr 7 – Apr 21	Jun 1
Sweet pepper	Jan 27 – Feb 10	Apr 7 – Apr 21	Jun 6
Lettuce (leaf)	Jan 18 – Jan 25	Feb 22 – Mar 8	Apr 3
Peas	—	Feb 8 – Mar 8	Apr 4
Bush beans	—	Mar 31 – Apr 21	May 20
Carrot	—	Mar 1 – Apr 12	Apr 30
Beet	—	Feb 22 – Apr 5	Apr 13
Potato	—	Mar 1 – Mar 22	May 10
Kale	Jan 11 – Jan 25	Feb 22 – Mar 8	Apr 6
Broccoli	Jan 11 – Jan 25	Feb 22 – Mar 15	Apr 23
Cucumber	Mar 10 – Mar 17	Apr 7 – Apr 21	May 27
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 10 – Mar 17	Apr 7 – Apr 21	May 22
Winter squash	Mar 10 – Mar 17	Apr 7 – Apr 21	Jun 26
Sweet corn	—	Mar 31 – Apr 21	May 30
Onion (from sets)	—	Feb 22 – Mar 15	May 23
Garlic	—	Nov 2 – Nov 30 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Feb 8 – Mar 8	Mar 18
Basil	Feb 24 – Mar 10	Apr 7 – Apr 21	Jun 3

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Hughes'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
1959	Mar 24
1960	Mar 27
1961	Mar 10
1962	Apr 17
1963	Mar 22
1965	Mar 27
1966	Mar 25
1967	Mar 19
1968	Mar 25
1969	Mar 15
1970	Mar 27
1971	Apr 7
1972	Mar 26
1973	Feb 28
1974	Mar 25
1975	Mar 15
1976	Mar 17
1977	Feb 28
1978	Mar 18
1979	Mar 26
1980	Mar 18
1981	Mar 9
1982	Mar 8
1983	Mar 29
1984	Mar 11
1985	Feb 28
1986	Mar 22
1987	Apr 4
1988	Mar 16
1989	Apr 11
1990	Apr 7
1991	Mar 30
1992	Apr 3
1993	Apr 3
1994	Apr 7
1995	Apr 1
1996	Apr 10
1998	Mar 13
1999	Mar 15
2000	Mar 12
2001	Mar 25
2005	Mar 11
2006	Mar 26
2007	Apr 8
2008	Mar 24
2009	Mar 4
2010	Mar 5
2012	Feb 20
2013	Mar 27
2014	Mar 26
2015	Mar 7
2016	Mar 22

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1959	226
1960	207
1961	230
1962	197
1963	221
1965	211
1966	215
1967	222
1968	229
1969	234
1970	233
1971	213
1972	207
1973	254
1974	234
1975	243
1976	232
1977	256
1978	235
1979	225
1980	226
1981	228
1982	241
1984	245
1985	276
1986	235
1987	200
1988	260
1989	206
1990	212
1991	216
1992	217
1993	210
1994	202
1995	206
1996	206
1998	270
1999	259
2000	247
2001	240
2005	250
2006	221
2007	221
2008	236
2009	267
2010	265
2012	276
2013	230
2014	220
2015	259
2016	242

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1959	23.4 °C
1960	23.1 °C
1961	21.9 °C
1962	22.8 °C
1963	23.4 °C
1964	23.3 °C
1965	23.8 °C
1966	22.4 °C
1967	22.4 °C
1968	22.8 °C
1969	23.5 °C
1970	23.6 °C
1971	22.9 °C
1972	23.5 °C
1973	23.3 °C
1974	22.7 °C
1975	23.2 °C
1976	22.5 °C
1977	24.8 °C
1978	23.9 °C
1979	22.5 °C
1980	24.2 °C
1981	23.7 °C
1982	22.8 °C
1984	22.8 °C
1985	23.8 °C
1986	24.7 °C
1987	24.2 °C
1988	24.0 °C
1989	22.9 °C
1990	23.1 °C
1991	24.2 °C
1992	22.2 °C
1993	22.8 °C
1994	22.8 °C
1995	23.0 °C
1996	22.7 °C
1998	25.8 °C
1999	24.8 °C
2000	24.7 °C
2001	24.9 °C
2003	23.6 °C
2005	24.5 °C
2006	24.6 °C
2007	24.5 °C
2008	23.7 °C
2009	23.5 °C
2010	25.8 °C
2012	24.9 °C
2013	23.5 °C
2014	23.3 °C
2015	24.4 °C
2016	24.1 °C

What this means for you: Since 1959, Hughes's last spring frost has come about 1 day earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 4 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Tunica 2 N (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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