Tuscumbia, AL 35674 Frost Dates
Tuscumbia, AL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/30, roughly 214 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/03, roughly 220 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Tuscumbia in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Tuscumbia's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/30 isn't a guarantee
03/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Tuscumbia against the rest of the dataset
About 220 days separate Tuscumbia's last and first frost, putting it 12,774 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 635 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 35674's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Tuscumbia's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Tuscumbia can differ from the 35674 normal.