Oaks, OK 74364 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Oaks, OK?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/31, about 215 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 216 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Oaks, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Oaks before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Oaks's last frost
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Oaks compares
About 216 days separate Oaks's last and first frost, putting it 13,905 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OK, it ranks 348 of 764.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Oaks's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Oaks's dates instead of trusting one.