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Morris, AL 35116 Frost Dates

Morris, AL: when does the frost end?

Zone 8a

Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 212 days after the last spring frost.

Morris 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.

Stretching the season past the first frost

With roughly 9 weeks until Morris's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.

Why 04/04 isn't a guarantee

04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Morris against the rest of the dataset

About 212 days separate Morris's last and first frost, putting it 14,612 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 693 of 809.

Learn more

Before leaning on 35116's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Morris can differ from the 35116 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Morris's frost date answer different questions.