Checotah, OK 74426 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Checotah, OK, ZIP 74426
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 216 frost-free days later.
Checotah 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
Zone 7b around Checotah 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 Checotah's last frost
04/02 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. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Checotah compares
Checotah's growing season runs about 216 days, ranking 13,789 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OK, it ranks 326 of 764.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Checotah can differ from the 74426 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Checotah's frost date answer different questions.