Lake Aluma, OK 73194 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lake Aluma, 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.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Lake Aluma, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Lake Aluma before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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
Lake Aluma's growing season runs about 217 days, ranking 13,655 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OK, it ranks 296 of 764.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Lake Aluma's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Lake Aluma's dates instead of trusting one.