Freedom, OK 73842 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Freedom, OK, ZIP 73842
Around 04/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 228 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 198 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 Freedom, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Freedom 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.
Why 04/13 isn't a guarantee
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Freedom compares
About 198 days separate Freedom's last and first frost, putting it 18,553 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OK, it ranks 683 of 764.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Freedom's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Freedom's dates instead of trusting one.