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Phenix City, AL 31995 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Phenix City, AL, ZIP 31995

Zone 8b

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.