Birmingham, AL 35234 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Birmingham, 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.
Birmingham 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 Birmingham before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Birmingham's last frost
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 Birmingham compares
About 236 days separate Birmingham's last and first frost, putting it 9,223 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 356 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Birmingham's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Birmingham can differ from the 35234 normal.