Ragland, AL 35131 Frost Dates
Ragland, AL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/26, roughly 210 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 225 days after the last spring frost.
Ragland 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 10 weeks until Ragland's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ragland against the rest of the dataset
About 225 days separate Ragland's last and first frost, putting it 11,437 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 595 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 35131's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Ragland's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Ragland can differ from the 35131 normal.