Blountsville, AL 35031 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Blountsville, AL, ZIP 35031
Around 03/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 210 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 230 frost-free days later.
Blountsville 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
Zone 8a around Blountsville has about 11 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.
Why 03/26 isn't a guarantee
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Blountsville compares
At roughly 230 frost-free days, Blountsville places 10,423 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 503 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Blountsville can differ from the 35031 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Blountsville's frost date answer different questions.