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Your nature year

Oklahoma City, Oklahomathrough the year

Also for Norman, OK, Edmond, OK, Moore, OK, Midwest City, OK: the same nearby places.

When do frost, green-up and fall color come to Oklahoma City?

For a day trip, Salt Plains Refuge is 98 miles off; its winter wildlife is Jan 1–Feb 28 (local timing). At some 1,196 feet up, Oklahoma City is on higher ground than most towns in the region.

Frost usually lets go around Apr 4 and comes back around Nov 2, according to the nearest NOAA station, Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World: roughly 212 days without it. Spring takes about 5 weeks to go from leaf to bloom. Spring green-up reaches town around Feb 22, with first blooms around Mar 26. Head north for the closest of the 3 places we follow around Oklahoma City.

Updated Sep 27. Sources: US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) ↗ (opens in a new tab), US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Oklahoma City's year at a glance

  • Frost possible
  • Frost-free, ~Apr 4 to ~Nov 2
  • First leaf ~Feb 22
  • First bloom ~Mar 26
  • Today

Near Oklahoma City right now

  • First fall frost usually around Nov 2 · last spring frost around Apr 4NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World (7.3 mi, 50% dates)
    ~5 weeks
  • Winter wildlife · Salt Plains Refuge · 98 miLocal timing: Jan 1–Feb 28
    ~3 months

Oklahoma City's nature year

From the town's own dates and its nearest places
  • Winter wildlife · Salt Plains RefugeJan–Feb
  • Spring green-upFeb
  • Last spring frostApr
  • First fall frostNov

Nearby, season by season

Real places within 150 miles, straight-line

Winter wildlife

Frost and green-up

Last spring frost

Apr 4

Average (50% date)

First fall frost

Nov 2

About 212 days without frost between

Spring green-up

Feb 22

First bloom around Mar 26

Frost: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals at Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World (7.3 mi from Oklahoma City), the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not. Green-up: the USA-NPN Spring Index, 1991–2020 average at the town.

Questions people ask

When is the first frost in Oklahoma City?

On average around Nov 2, and the last spring frost around Apr 4: about 212 days without frost between. These are NOAA's 1991–2020 normals at Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World, 7.3 miles away (the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not).

When does spring green-up reach Oklahoma City?

The USA-NPN Spring Index puts first leaf around Feb 22 and first bloom around Mar 26, on average for 1991–2020 at the town.

Where can I see winter wildlife near Oklahoma City?

Salt Plains Refuge, 98 miles (local timing: Jan 1–Feb 28); Hagerman Refuge, 127 miles (local timing: Nov 1–Feb 28); Sequoyah Refuge, 143 miles (local timing: Nov 1–Jan 31). Distances are straight-line.

How we know

US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · USA National Phenology Network, Spring Index 1991–2020 averages (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27)

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