Kemp, OK 74741 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Kemp, OK?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/19, roughly 203 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 237 frost-free days later.
Kemp 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Kemp before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 03/19 isn't a guarantee
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 Kemp compares
At roughly 237 frost-free days, Kemp places 9,178 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OK, it ranks 19 of 764.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Kemp's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Kemp can differ from the 74741 normal.