Hugo, OK 74743 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hugo, OK, ZIP 74743
Around 04/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 217 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 212 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 Hugo, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Hugo 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.
The actual range around Hugo's last frost
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hugo compares
About 212 days separate Hugo's last and first frost, putting it 14,596 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OK, it ranks 419 of 764.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Hugo's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Hugo can differ from the 74743 normal.