Moody, AL 35052 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Moody, AL?
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 212 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Moody in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Moody before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Moody's last frost
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Moody compares
At roughly 212 frost-free days, Moody places 14,581 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 687 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Moody's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Moody can differ from the 35052 normal.