Russellville, AL 35654 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Russellville, AL, ZIP 35654
Around 03/31 is the usual last spring frost, about 215 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 221 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Russellville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Russellville has about 10 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.
The actual range around Russellville's last frost
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Russellville compares
Russellville's growing season runs about 221 days, ranking 12,478 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 617 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Russellville can differ from the 35654 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Russellville's frost date answer different questions.