Lake Aluma, OK 73156 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lake Aluma, OK, ZIP 73156
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 217 frost-free days later.
Lake Aluma 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 Lake Aluma has about 10 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 Lake Aluma'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 Lake Aluma compares
About 217 days separate Lake Aluma's last and first frost, putting it 13,646 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OK, it ranks 287 of 764.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Lake Aluma's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Lake Aluma's dates instead of trusting one.