Midfield, AL 35228 Frost Dates
35228, near Midfield, AL: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/23, roughly 207 days out. 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 Midfield in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
Midfield'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.
Why 03/23 isn't a guarantee
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.
Midfield against the rest of the dataset
Midfield's growing season runs about 231 days, ranking 10,183 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 467 of 809.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 35228: the frost range, on how to read the range around Midfield's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Midfield can differ from the 35228 normal.