Westover, AL 35147 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Westover, AL, ZIP 35147
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/31, roughly 215 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 216 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Westover in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Westover 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.
The actual range around Westover's last frost
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Westover compares
At roughly 216 frost-free days, Westover places 13,817 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 666 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Westover's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Westover can differ from the 35147 normal.