Ethelsville, AL 35461 Frost Dates
Ethelsville, AL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/13, about 197 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/12, roughly 244 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Ethelsville, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Ethelsville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/19 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.
Ethelsville against the rest of the dataset
Ethelsville's growing season runs about 244 days, ranking 8,272 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 261 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 35461's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Ethelsville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Ethelsville can differ from the 35461 normal.