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Adamsville, AL 35005 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Adamsville, AL?

Zone 8a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/21, about 205 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 236 frost-free days later.

Adamsville sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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

About 11 weeks of growing season left in Adamsville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Adamsville's last frost

03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Adamsville compares

About 236 days separate Adamsville's last and first frost, putting it 9,426 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 384 of 809.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Adamsville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Adamsville can differ from the 35005 normal.