It's amazing how fast cold weather sweeps into Oklahoma at the end of a long summer. With freezing temps across the state this morning, you'd never guess it was nearly 100° just a few days ago.

Shorts and hoodie weather is here, for now anyway.

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It won't be long now until the cooler weather turns into one of those freak sub-zero weekends leaving us all scrambling to prepare for the cold.

What needs to be done in the house? What do you need to do to the car?

Luckily, our mild cold weather season usually only has a few big dips through next spring, so the winter maintenance is generally easy to do... Or, at least, it's all DIY-type stuff. Nothing too involved, and relatively cheap to hire it out.

Oklahoma Cold Weather Checklist

Those first big cold fronts always seem to catch Oklahoma by surprise. In one big swoop, the nearly 100° days turn into sudden freezes overnight. We'll still have warm days here and there throughout winter, but now is as good a time as now to start on your cold weather checklist. Easy small tasks that add up to bother energy savings and comfort in the home. They'll also allow you to avoid the big headaches and repair bills that happen so frequently in our bipolar climate.

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