Coker, AL 35457 Frost Dates
Coker, AL: when does the frost end?
Around 03/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 196 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/15, roughly 250 days after the last spring frost.
Coker 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Coker's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/12 isn't a guarantee
03/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Coker against the rest of the dataset
About 250 days separate Coker's last and first frost, putting it 7,566 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 211 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 35457's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Coker can differ from the 35457 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Coker's frost date answer different questions.