Eldridge, AL 35554 Frost Dates
Eldridge, AL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 211 days after the last spring frost.
Eldridge sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Eldridge's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/04 isn't a guarantee
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Eldridge against the rest of the dataset
Eldridge's growing season runs about 211 days, ranking 14,904 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 711 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 35554's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Eldridge can differ from the 35554 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Eldridge's frost date answer different questions.