Northport, AL 35487 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Northport, AL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/18, roughly 202 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 239 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Northport 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 Northport before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Northport'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 Northport compares
At roughly 239 frost-free days, Northport places 8,788 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 320 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Northport's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Northport can differ from the 35487 normal.