County Line, AL 35172 Frost Dates
When can you plant in County Line, AL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/04, roughly 219 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 212 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for County Line, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in County Line before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around County Line's last frost
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How County Line compares
About 212 days separate County Line's last and first frost, putting it 14,673 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 696 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in County Line can differ from the 35172 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and County Line's frost date answer different questions.