Apache, OK 73006 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Apache, OK, ZIP 73006
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/21, roughly 205 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 234 frost-free days later.
Apache sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Apache has about 11 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.
The actual range around Apache's last frost
03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Apache compares
Apache's growing season runs about 234 days, ranking 9,779 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OK, it ranks 22 of 764.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Apache's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Apache's dates instead of trusting one.