Okarche, OK 73762 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Okarche, OK, ZIP 73762
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/06, roughly 221 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 206 frost-free days later.
Okarche sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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
Zone 7b around Okarche 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 Okarche's last frost
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Okarche compares
Okarche's growing season runs about 206 days, ranking 16,057 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OK, it ranks 555 of 764.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Okarche's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Okarche can differ from the 73762 normal.