Cherokee Ridge, AL 35175 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cherokee Ridge, AL, ZIP 35175
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 210 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 Cherokee Ridge, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Cherokee Ridge 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 Cherokee Ridge's last frost
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cherokee Ridge compares
About 210 days separate Cherokee Ridge's last and first frost, putting it 15,104 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 752 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Cherokee Ridge can differ from the 35175 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Cherokee Ridge's frost date answer different questions.