Sand Springs, OK 74158 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Sand Springs, OK?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/30, about 214 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 220 frost-free days later.
Sand Springs sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 10 weeks of growing season left in Sand Springs before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 03/30 isn't a guarantee
03/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sand Springs compares
At roughly 220 frost-free days, Sand Springs places 12,741 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OK, it ranks 183 of 764.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Sand Springs can differ from the 74158 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Sand Springs's frost date answer different questions.