Hollywood, AL 35746 Frost Dates
35746, near Hollywood, AL: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 210 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hollywood in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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
Hollywood's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/02 isn't a guarantee
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hollywood against the rest of the dataset
Hollywood's growing season runs about 210 days, ranking 15,050 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 723 of 809.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 35746: local microclimates, on what one yard in Hollywood can differ from the 35746 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7b and Hollywood's frost date answer different questions.