Homewood, AL 35229 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Homewood, AL, ZIP 35229
Around 03/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 205 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 236 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Homewood, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Homewood has about 11 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.
Why 03/21 isn't a guarantee
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 9,321 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 368 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Homewood's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Homewood can differ from the 35229 normal.