Russellville, AL 35653 Frost Dates
Russellville, AL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/31, about 215 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 221 days after the last spring frost.
Russellville 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Russellville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/31 isn't a guarantee
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Russellville against the rest of the dataset
Russellville's growing season runs about 221 days, ranking 12,477 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 616 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 35653's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Russellville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Russellville can differ from the 35653 normal.