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Mooresville, AL 35671 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Mooresville, AL?

Zone 8a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/27, roughly 211 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 221 frost-free days later.

Mooresville sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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.

What to do before the first frost

About 10 weeks of growing season left in Mooresville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Mooresville's last frost

03/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Mooresville compares

Mooresville's growing season runs about 221 days, ranking 12,616 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 623 of 809.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Mooresville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Mooresville can differ from the 35671 normal.