Akron, AL 35441 Frost Dates
Akron, AL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/17, roughly 201 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/11, roughly 240 days after the last spring frost.
Akron sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Akron's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/17 isn't a guarantee
03/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Akron against the rest of the dataset
About 240 days separate Akron's last and first frost, putting it 8,719 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 305 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 35441's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Akron's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Akron can differ from the 35441 normal.