Kellyton, AL 35089 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Kellyton, AL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/26, about 210 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 227 frost-free days later.
Kellyton sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Kellyton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Kellyton's last frost
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Kellyton compares
At roughly 227 frost-free days, Kellyton places 11,077 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 584 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Kellyton can differ from the 35089 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Kellyton's frost date answer different questions.