Guin, AL 35563 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Guin, AL, ZIP 35563
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 211 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Guin in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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
Zone 7b around Guin 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Guin compares
At roughly 211 frost-free days, Guin places 14,780 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 701 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Guin's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Guin's dates instead of trusting one.