Gordo, AL 35458 Frost Dates
Gordo, 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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gordo in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Gordo'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.
Gordo against the rest of the dataset
About 250 days separate Gordo's last and first frost, putting it 7,547 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 207 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 35458's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Gordo's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Gordo can differ from the 35458 normal.