Hitchcock, OK 73744 Frost Dates
Hitchcock, OK: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/14, roughly 229 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/27, roughly 194 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hitchcock 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
With roughly 9 weeks until Hitchcock's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hitchcock against the rest of the dataset
About 194 days separate Hitchcock's last and first frost, putting it 19,657 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OK, it ranks 731 of 764.
Learn more
Before leaning on 73744's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Hitchcock's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Hitchcock's dates instead of trusting one.