Homewood, AL 35201 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Homewood, AL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/21, about 205 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 236 frost-free days later.
Homewood sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Homewood before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Homewood compares
Homewood's growing season runs about 236 days, ranking 9,317 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 364 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Homewood's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Homewood's dates instead of trusting one.