Gene Autry, OK 73436 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Gene Autry, OK, ZIP 73436
Around 03/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 202 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 238 frost-free days later.
Gene Autry sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 8a around Gene Autry has about 11 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 Gene Autry's last frost
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gene Autry compares
At roughly 238 frost-free days, Gene Autry places 9,053 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OK, it ranks 7 of 764.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Gene Autry can differ from the 73436 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Gene Autry's frost date answer different questions.