Stuart, OK 74570 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Stuart, OK?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/31, about 215 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 216 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Stuart, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Stuart before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/11 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 Stuart compares
At roughly 216 frost-free days, Stuart places 13,917 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OK, it ranks 352 of 764.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Stuart can differ from the 74570 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Stuart's frost date answer different questions.