Epes, AL 35460 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Epes, AL, ZIP 35460
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/19, about 203 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 239 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Epes, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Epes has about 10 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Epes's last frost
03/19 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. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Epes compares
About 239 days separate Epes's last and first frost, putting it 8,893 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 332 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Epes's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Epes's dates instead of trusting one.