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Tushka, OK 74555 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Tushka, OK?

Zone 8a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/05, roughly 220 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 211 frost-free days later.

Tushka sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 9 weeks of growing season left in Tushka before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Tushka's last frost

04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Tushka compares

About 211 days separate Tushka's last and first frost, putting it 14,854 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OK, it ranks 451 of 764.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Tushka's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Tushka can differ from the 74555 normal.