Kemp, OK 74747 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Kemp, OK, ZIP 74747
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
Zone 8a around Kemp has about 11 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.
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 Kemp compares
Kemp's growing season runs about 237 days, ranking 9,179 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OK, it ranks 20 of 764.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Kemp's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Kemp can differ from the 74747 normal.