FrostDateCheck

Addison, AL 35540 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Addison, AL?

Zone 7b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 210 frost-free days later.

Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Addison, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

About 9 weeks of growing season left in Addison before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

Why 04/04 isn't a guarantee

04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Addison compares

At roughly 210 frost-free days, Addison places 15,081 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 746 of 809.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Addison's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Addison can differ from the 35540 normal.