Double Springs, AL 35553 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Double Springs, AL, ZIP 35553
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 210 frost-free days later.
Double Springs sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Double Springs has about 9 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 Double Springs's last frost
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 Double Springs compares
Double Springs's growing season runs about 210 days, ranking 15,042 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 721 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Double Springs's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Double Springs can differ from the 35553 normal.