Temple, OK 73568 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Temple, OK?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 218 frost-free days later.
Temple 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
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Temple 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
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/13 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 Temple compares
At roughly 218 frost-free days, Temple places 13,312 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OK, it ranks 233 of 764.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Temple's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Temple can differ from the 73568 normal.