FrostDateCheck

Valley Brook, OK 73195 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Valley Brook, OK?

Zone 7b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 213 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 Valley Brook, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

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

How much risk comes with planting early here

04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Valley Brook compares

At roughly 213 frost-free days, Valley Brook places 14,535 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OK, it ranks 408 of 764.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Valley Brook's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Valley Brook can differ from the 73195 normal.