Thackerville, OK 73459 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Thackerville, OK, ZIP 73459
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/06, roughly 221 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 211 frost-free days later.
Thackerville 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 Thackerville has about 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/06 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. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Thackerville compares
Thackerville's growing season runs about 211 days, ranking 14,859 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OK, it ranks 452 of 764.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Thackerville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Thackerville's dates instead of trusting one.