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Prue, OK 74060 Frost Dates

Prue, OK: when does the frost end?

Zone 7b

Around 03/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 214 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 220 days after the last spring frost.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Prue in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.

Stretching the season past the first frost

With roughly 10 weeks until Prue's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.

Why 03/30 isn't a guarantee

03/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Prue against the rest of the dataset

Prue's growing season runs about 220 days, ranking 12,892 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OK, it ranks 207 of 764.

Learn more

Before leaning on 74060's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Prue's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Prue's dates instead of trusting one.