Pell City, AL 35125 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pell City, AL, ZIP 35125
Around 03/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 210 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 225 frost-free days later.
Pell City 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 Pell City has about 10 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.
The actual range around Pell City's last frost
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pell City compares
Pell City's growing season runs about 225 days, ranking 11,384 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 589 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Pell City's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Pell City can differ from the 35125 normal.