Ringwood, OK 73768 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ringwood, OK?
Around 04/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 224 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 205 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 Ringwood, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Ringwood before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Ringwood's last frost
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ringwood compares
About 205 days separate Ringwood's last and first frost, putting it 16,393 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OK, it ranks 584 of 764.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Ringwood's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Ringwood can differ from the 73768 normal.