Phenix City, AL 31903 Frost Dates
Phenix City, AL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/26, about 210 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/08, roughly 228 days after the last spring frost.
Phenix City sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Phenix City's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Phenix City's last frost
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Phenix City against the rest of the dataset
Phenix City's growing season runs about 228 days, ranking 10,715 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 544 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 31903's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Phenix City can differ from the 31903 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Phenix City's frost date answer different questions.