Lake Aluma, OK 73196 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lake Aluma, OK, ZIP 73196
Around 04/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 217 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 217 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lake Aluma 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
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 13,656 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OK, it ranks 297 of 764.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Lake Aluma's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Lake Aluma can differ from the 73196 normal.