Loyal, OK 73756 Frost Dates
Loyal, OK: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/07, about 222 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 208 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Loyal, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Loyal's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/07 isn't a guarantee
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/20 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.
Loyal against the rest of the dataset
About 208 days separate Loyal's last and first frost, putting it 15,777 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OK, it ranks 531 of 764.
Learn more
Before leaning on 73756's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Loyal's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Loyal can differ from the 73756 normal.