Bokchito, OK 74721 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bokchito, OK?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/19, about 203 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 237 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Bokchito, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Bokchito 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
03/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bokchito compares
At roughly 237 frost-free days, Bokchito places 9,143 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OK, it ranks 14 of 764.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Bokchito's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Bokchito can differ from the 74721 normal.