Red Bay, AL 35582 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Red Bay, AL, ZIP 35582
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/09, roughly 224 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 203 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Red Bay 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 Red Bay 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
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/23 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 Red Bay compares
About 203 days separate Red Bay's last and first frost, putting it 16,924 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 797 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Red Bay's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Red Bay's dates instead of trusting one.