Hanceville, AL 35077 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hanceville, AL, ZIP 35077
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/06, about 221 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 205 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hanceville 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
Zone 8a around Hanceville has about 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hanceville compares
About 205 days separate Hanceville's last and first frost, putting it 16,293 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 786 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Hanceville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Hanceville's dates instead of trusting one.