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Davidson, OK 73530 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Davidson, OK?

Zone 8a

Around 03/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 210 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 229 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Davidson in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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

About 11 weeks of growing season left in Davidson before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Davidson's last frost

03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Davidson compares

At roughly 229 frost-free days, Davidson places 10,665 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OK, it ranks 47 of 764.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Davidson's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Davidson can differ from the 73530 normal.