Albion, OK 74549 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Albion, OK, ZIP 74549
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/09, about 224 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 201 frost-free days later.
Albion 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 Albion 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Albion compares
About 201 days separate Albion's last and first frost, putting it 17,694 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OK, it ranks 662 of 764.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Albion's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Albion can differ from the 74549 normal.