Fairfield, AL 35224 Frost Dates
35224, near Fairfield, AL: the frost window
Around 03/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 207 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/10, roughly 231 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fairfield in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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
Fairfield's growing season runs out in roughly 11 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Fairfield against the rest of the dataset
Fairfield's growing season runs about 231 days, ranking 10,171 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 462 of 809.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 35224: the frost range, on how to read the range around Fairfield's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Fairfield can differ from the 35224 normal.