Wilsonville, AL 35186 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wilsonville, AL?
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.
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 Wilsonville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Wilsonville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 03/31 isn't a guarantee
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 Wilsonville compares
Wilsonville's growing season runs about 216 days, ranking 13,819 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 668 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Wilsonville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Wilsonville's dates instead of trusting one.