Dutton, AL 35744 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Dutton, AL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 210 frost-free days later.
Dutton 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 9 weeks of growing season left in Dutton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Dutton's last frost
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Dutton compares
About 210 days separate Dutton's last and first frost, putting it 15,103 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 751 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Dutton's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Dutton's dates instead of trusting one.