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Pocasset, OK 73079 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Pocasset, OK?

Zone 7b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/06, about 221 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 206 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pocasset in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.

What to do before the first frost

About 9 weeks of growing season left in Pocasset before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Pocasset's last frost

04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Pocasset compares

About 206 days separate Pocasset's last and first frost, putting it 16,137 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OK, it ranks 570 of 764.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Pocasset's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Pocasset can differ from the 73079 normal.