Bokchito, OK 74702 Frost Dates
Bokchito, OK: when does the frost end?
Around 03/19 is the usual last spring frost, about 203 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/12, roughly 237 days after the last spring frost.
Bokchito 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Bokchito's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/19 isn't a guarantee
03/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bokchito against the rest of the dataset
Bokchito's growing season runs about 237 days, ranking 9,142 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OK, it ranks 13 of 764.
Learn more
Before leaning on 74702's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Bokchito's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Bokchito can differ from the 74702 normal.