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Hugo, OK 74738 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Hugo, OK?

Zone 8a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/14, about 198 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 247 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hugo in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.

What to do before the first frost

About 11 weeks of growing season left in Hugo before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Hugo's last frost

03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Hugo compares

At roughly 247 frost-free days, Hugo places 7,825 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OK, it ranks 3 of 764.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Hugo's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Hugo can differ from the 74738 normal.