Medford, OK 73759 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Medford, OK, ZIP 73759
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/10, about 225 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 199 frost-free days later.
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 Medford, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Medford has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Medford's last frost
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Medford compares
About 199 days separate Medford's last and first frost, putting it 18,159 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OK, it ranks 675 of 764.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Medford can differ from the 73759 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Medford's frost date answer different questions.