Coaling, AL 35453 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Coaling, AL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/18, about 202 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 239 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Coaling in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Coaling before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Coaling's last frost
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Coaling compares
Coaling's growing season runs about 239 days, ranking 8,838 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 328 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Coaling's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Coaling can differ from the 35453 normal.