Holly Pond, AL 35083 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Holly Pond, AL, ZIP 35083
Around 04/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 220 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 210 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Holly Pond 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 Holly Pond 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
04/05 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 Holly Pond compares
At roughly 210 frost-free days, Holly Pond places 15,055 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 725 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Holly Pond's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Holly Pond can differ from the 35083 normal.