Locust Fork, AL 35133 Frost Dates
Locust Fork, AL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/04, roughly 219 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 212 days after the last spring frost.
Locust Fork 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 Locust Fork's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Locust Fork's last frost
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.
Locust Fork against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 212 frost-free days, Locust Fork places 14,630 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 695 of 809.
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Before leaning on 35133's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Locust Fork's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Locust Fork's dates instead of trusting one.