Sylacauga, AL 35150 Frost Dates
Sylacauga, AL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 211 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sylacauga in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Sylacauga'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
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Sylacauga against the rest of the dataset
About 211 days separate Sylacauga's last and first frost, putting it 14,737 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 698 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 35150's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Sylacauga can differ from the 35150 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Sylacauga's frost date answer different questions.