Frost/Freeze in Oklahoma
Every frost/freeze event the National Weather Service has filed in Oklahoma, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Frost or temperatures at or below freezing during the growing season, usually filed for crop damage.
The most significant on the map
The most significant frost/freeze episodes in Oklahoma.
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The record
- Events
- 61
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Frost and Freeze in Oklahoma, October 29 to 31, 2023As a 1030s millibar high pressure cell settled across the Colorado Front Range, a cold airmass (with Canadian origin) spread across the Central and Southern Plains.
- Frost and Freeze in Oklahoma, October 16, 2023The first freeze of the fall/winter season affected portions of far northwestern Oklahoma during the early morning of the 16th.
- Frost and Freeze in Oklahoma, May 1, 2017With parts of the northern and western combined TX and OK Panhandles receiving several inches of snow concluding earlier that day on the 30th, antecedent conditions were present, even though some snow melt did occur earlier in the day.
- Frost and Freeze in Oklahoma, April 15, 2018A late season widespread hard freeze occurred across the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle. A surface cold front moved south across the region during the late evening hours of the 14th.
- Frost and Freeze in Oklahoma, October 28, 2014The combination of light winds and clear skies led to the development of a light frost across the western Oklahoma Panhandle. Overnight low temperatures at Kenton (Cimarron County) and Boise City (Cimarron County) dropped to 34 degrees with winds below 10 mph.
- Frost and Freeze in Oklahoma, October 9 to 10, 2017Repeat Freeze for Cimarron County with first Freeze of season for Texas County with temperatures ranging from 27-31 degrees for many locations.
- Frost and Freeze in Oklahoma, October 27, 2017Repeat Freeze for Texas county with first Freeze of season for Beaver County with low temperatures around 28 degrees.
- Frost and Freeze in Oklahoma, October 9 to 10, 2017Freeze confirmed with a range of 29-30 degrees at Kenton and Boise City.
- Frost and Freeze in Oklahoma, November 25 to 26, 2024While a widespread hard freeze/frost occurred across most of the WFO Norman Forecast Area during the early morning of the 26th, most locations had passed their date of latest fall/winter freeze on record.
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.