Phenix City, AL 31995 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Phenix City, AL, ZIP 31995
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/05, about 189 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/23, about 265 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Phenix City has about 12 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 Phenix City's last frost
03/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Phenix City compares
At roughly 265 frost-free days, Phenix City places 5,969 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 86 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Phenix City's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Phenix City can differ from the 31995 normal.