Lenapah, OK 74042 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lenapah, OK?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/06, roughly 221 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 204 frost-free days later.
Lenapah sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Lenapah before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Lenapah's last frost
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lenapah compares
Lenapah's growing season runs about 204 days, ranking 16,764 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OK, it ranks 608 of 764.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Lenapah can differ from the 74042 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Lenapah's frost date answer different questions.