Hodges, AL 35571 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Hodges, AL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/05, about 220 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 205 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 Hodges, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Hodges before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Hodges's last frost
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 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 Hodges compares
About 205 days separate Hodges's last and first frost, putting it 16,407 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 792 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Hodges's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Hodges can differ from the 35571 normal.