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Quapaw, OK 74363 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Quapaw, OK, ZIP 74363

Zone 7a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/06, about 221 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 203 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Quapaw 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 Quapaw has about 9 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 Quapaw's last frost

04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Quapaw compares

Quapaw's growing season runs about 203 days, ranking 17,000 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OK, it ranks 630 of 764.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Quapaw's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Quapaw can differ from the 74363 normal.