Spencer, OK 73141 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Spencer, OK?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 217 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Spencer 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 10 weeks of growing season left in Spencer before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Spencer's last frost
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Spencer compares
About 217 days separate Spencer's last and first frost, putting it 13,473 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OK, it ranks 255 of 764.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Spencer's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Spencer can differ from the 73141 normal.