Sand Springs, OK 74187 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Sand Springs, OK?
Around 03/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 214 days away. 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 12,747 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OK, it ranks 189 of 764.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Sand Springs's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Sand Springs's dates instead of trusting one.