Stringtown, OK 74569 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Stringtown, OK?
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.
Stringtown 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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Stringtown before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/05 isn't a guarantee
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 Stringtown compares
At roughly 211 frost-free days, Stringtown places 14,853 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OK, it ranks 450 of 764.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Stringtown can differ from the 74569 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Stringtown's frost date answer different questions.