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Shattuck, OK 73858 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Shattuck, OK, ZIP 73858

Zone 7a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/17, roughly 232 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 185 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Shattuck in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 7a around Shattuck has about 8 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 Shattuck's last frost

04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Shattuck compares

Shattuck's growing season runs about 185 days, ranking 23,230 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OK, it ranks 751 of 764.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Shattuck's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Shattuck's dates instead of trusting one.