When to plant in Waldron, AR

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

Safe to plant out

Apr 20

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 7

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 27

1 year in 10 by Oct 13

Frost-free days

197

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Waldron · 2.7 km away · station 218 m, town 201 m. How we match towns to stations

This season

Plan your garden.

Build my Waldron plan

Planting dates for common crops

Crop	Start indoors	Plant out or sow	Harvest from
Tomato	Feb 23 – Mar 9	Apr 20 – May 4	Jun 14
Sweet pepper	Feb 9 – Feb 23	Apr 20 – May 4	Jun 19
Lettuce (leaf)	Feb 3 – Feb 10	Mar 10 – Mar 24	Apr 19
Peas	—	Feb 24 – Mar 24	Apr 20
Bush beans	—	Apr 13 – May 4	Jun 2
Carrot	—	Mar 17 – Apr 28	May 16
Beet	—	Mar 10 – Apr 21	Apr 29
Potato	—	Mar 17 – Apr 7	May 26
Kale	Jan 27 – Feb 10	Mar 10 – Mar 24	Apr 22
Broccoli	Jan 27 – Feb 10	Mar 10 – Mar 31	May 9
Cucumber	Mar 23 – Mar 30	Apr 20 – May 4	Jun 9
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 23 – Mar 30	Apr 20 – May 4	Jun 4
Winter squash	Mar 23 – Mar 30	Apr 20 – May 4	Jul 9
Sweet corn	—	Apr 13 – May 4	Jun 12
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 10 – Mar 31	Jun 8
Garlic	—	Oct 13 – Nov 10 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Feb 24 – Mar 24	Apr 3
Basil	Mar 9 – Mar 23	Apr 20 – May 4	Jun 16

Plan all 65 crops for Waldron

Waldron'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

See the data as a table

Year	Last spring frost
1920	Apr 13
1921	Apr 18
1922	Mar 8
1923	Apr 1
1924	Apr 2
1925	Mar 15
1926	Apr 1
1927	Mar 22
1928	Apr 16
1929	Mar 17
1930	Mar 30
1931	Apr 22
1932	Mar 15
1934	Mar 19
1935	Apr 13
1936	Apr 8
1940	Apr 13
1941	Mar 19
1942	Apr 1
1943	Apr 20
1944	Apr 5
1945	Apr 6
1946	Mar 11
1947	Apr 17
1948	Apr 2
1949	Apr 16
1950	Apr 26
1951	Apr 17
1952	Apr 15
1953	Apr 21
1954	Apr 2
1955	Apr 8
1956	Apr 21
1957	Apr 14
1958	Mar 20
1959	Apr 23
1960	May 1
1961	Apr 18
1962	Apr 16
1963	Mar 27
1964	Apr 9
1965	Mar 27
1966	Apr 6
1967	Mar 18
1968	Apr 5
1969	Mar 28
1970	Apr 6
1971	Apr 8
1972	Apr 9
1973	Apr 11
1974	Apr 17
1975	Apr 12
1976	Apr 2
1977	Apr 6
1978	Mar 28
1979	Apr 5
1980	Apr 15
1981	Apr 6
1982	Apr 11
1983	Apr 25
1984	Apr 6
1985	Apr 8
1986	Mar 22
1987	Apr 5
1988	Mar 30
1990	Apr 7
1991	Mar 31
1992	Apr 4
1993	Apr 22
1994	Apr 7
1995	Apr 24
1996	Apr 7
2000	Apr 8
2001	Mar 31
2002	Apr 6
2003	Apr 11
2004	Apr 14
2006	Apr 10
2007	Apr 16
2008	Apr 15
2009	Apr 11
2010	Apr 9
2011	Apr 5
2012	Mar 10
2013	Apr 25
2014	Apr 17
2015	Mar 8
2016	Mar 29
2017	Mar 16
2018	Apr 9
2019	Apr 3
2020	Apr 16
2021	Apr 22
2022	Apr 10
2023	Mar 21
2024	Mar 28
2025	Mar 22
2026	Mar 18

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

See the data as a table

Year	Frost-free days
1920	197
1921	170
1922	223
1923	203
1924	204
1925	227
1926	217
1928	217
1929	220
1930	214
1931	192
1932	230
1934	248
1935	171
1940	206
1941	233
1942	207
1943	178
1944	190
1945	201
1946	214
1947	204
1948	198
1949	193
1950	191
1951	198
1952	175
1953	190
1954	210
1955	189
1957	194
1958	220
1959	178
1960	171
1961	184
1962	201
1963	215
1964	193
1965	211
1966	192
1967	194
1968	202
1969	217
1970	186
1971	209
1972	212
1973	208
1974	181
1975	173
1976	189
1977	188
1978	192
1979	182
1980	192
1981	200
1982	193
1983	149
1984	177
1985	171
1986	234
1987	181
1988	227
1990	194
1991	214
1992	215
1993	188
1994	201
1995	179
1996	194
2000	182
2001	187
2002	190
2003	198
2004	224
2006	185
2007	195
2009	189
2010	202
2011	197
2012	230
2013	191
2014	197
2015	245
2016	228
2017	225
2018	214
2019	191
2020	199
2021	196
2022	191
2023	223
2024	202
2025	224

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

See the data as a table

Year	Growing-season temperature
1920	24.1 °C
1921	25.1 °C
1922	25.2 °C
1923	23.3 °C
1924	23.8 °C
1925	25.2 °C
1926	23.2 °C
1928	22.2 °C
1929	23.5 °C
1930	24.4 °C
1931	23.2 °C
1932	24.4 °C
1934	25.5 °C
1935	23.4 °C
1936	25.6 °C
1941	23.7 °C
1942	22.6 °C
1943	24.8 °C
1944	23.2 °C
1945	22.5 °C
1946	23.2 °C
1947	23.4 °C
1948	23.3 °C
1949	22.9 °C
1950	22.0 °C
1951	23.2 °C
1952	23.6 °C
1953	23.3 °C
1954	24.7 °C
1955	23.6 °C
1956	23.6 °C
1957	23.3 °C
1958	23.4 °C
1959	23.2 °C
1960	22.9 °C
1961	21.9 °C
1962	23.7 °C
1963	24.5 °C
1964	24.4 °C
1965	24.4 °C
1966	23.1 °C
1967	22.7 °C
1968	22.9 °C
1969	23.1 °C
1970	23.7 °C
1971	22.6 °C
1972	23.6 °C
1973	22.8 °C
1974	22.8 °C
1975	22.8 °C
1976	21.9 °C
1977	24.8 °C
1978	24.6 °C
1979	22.6 °C
1980	24.9 °C
1981	23.4 °C
1982	23.1 °C
1983	22.2 °C
1984	22.7 °C
1985	22.8 °C
1986	23.8 °C
1987	23.4 °C
1988	22.8 °C
1990	23.4 °C
1991	23.6 °C
1992	21.9 °C
1993	23.0 °C
1994	21.6 °C
1995	21.5 °C
1996	23.0 °C
2000	22.9 °C
2001	23.0 °C
2002	22.8 °C
2003	22.1 °C
2004	21.9 °C
2006	23.3 °C
2007	22.1 °C
2009	21.3 °C
2010	23.8 °C
2011	23.5 °C
2012	23.8 °C
2013	21.5 °C
2014	21.4 °C
2015	23.1 °C
2016	22.9 °C
2017	22.2 °C
2018	22.8 °C
2019	23.1 °C
2020	21.6 °C
2021	22.1 °C
2022	23.6 °C
2023	23.4 °C
2024	23.6 °C
2025	23.4 °C
2026	24.9 °C

What this means for you: Since 1920, Waldron's last spring frost has stayed at about the same time of year. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

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

Nearby towns

Mansfield Booneville Mena Greenwood Charleston Heavener, OK