Margaret, AL 35112 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Margaret, AL, ZIP 35112
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/04, roughly 219 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 212 frost-free days later.
Margaret 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
Zone 8a around Margaret 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
04/04 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 Margaret compares
At roughly 212 frost-free days, Margaret places 14,594 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 689 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Margaret's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Margaret can differ from the 35112 normal.