Deer Creek, OK 74646 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Deer Creek, OK, ZIP 74646
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/10, about 225 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 199 frost-free days later.
Deer Creek sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 7a around Deer Creek 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.
Why 04/10 isn't a guarantee
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Deer Creek compares
At roughly 199 frost-free days, Deer Creek places 18,242 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OK, it ranks 678 of 764.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Deer Creek's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Deer Creek can differ from the 74646 normal.