Pell City, AL 35054 Frost Dates
Pell City, AL: when does the frost end?
Around 04/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 220 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 208 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pell City in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Pell City's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/19 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Pell City against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 208 frost-free days, Pell City places 15,545 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 767 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 35054's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Pell City's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Pell City can differ from the 35054 normal.