Amber, OK 73004 Frost Dates
Amber, OK: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 213 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Amber in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Amber's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Amber's last frost
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Amber against the rest of the dataset
About 213 days separate Amber's last and first frost, putting it 14,537 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OK, it ranks 409 of 764.
Learn more
Before leaning on 73004's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Amber's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Amber's dates instead of trusting one.