Gardendale, AL 35071 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Gardendale, AL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 212 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gardendale 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 Gardendale before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Gardendale'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 Gardendale compares
About 212 days separate Gardendale's last and first frost, putting it 14,577 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 683 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Gardendale's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Gardendale's dates instead of trusting one.