Poteau, OK 74953 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Poteau, OK, ZIP 74953
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/06, roughly 221 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 210 frost-free days later.
Poteau sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 7b around Poteau 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 Poteau's last frost
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Poteau compares
At roughly 210 frost-free days, Poteau places 14,993 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OK, it ranks 464 of 764.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Poteau's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Poteau can differ from the 74953 normal.