Ardmore, AL 35739 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ardmore, AL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/30, about 214 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 223 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ardmore 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
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Ardmore before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Ardmore's last frost
03/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ardmore compares
At roughly 223 frost-free days, Ardmore places 12,082 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 606 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Ardmore's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Ardmore can differ from the 35739 normal.