Erick, OK 73645 Frost Dates
73645, near Erick, OK: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 207 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Erick in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Erick's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/24 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Erick against the rest of the dataset
Erick's growing season runs about 207 days, ranking 15,851 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OK, it ranks 537 of 764.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 73645: the frost range, on how to read the range around Erick's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Erick can differ from the 73645 normal.