Pleasant Groves, AL 35751 Frost Dates
Pleasant Groves, AL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/04, roughly 219 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 209 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pleasant Groves 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
With roughly 9 weeks until Pleasant Groves's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/04 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 04/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Pleasant Groves against the rest of the dataset
Pleasant Groves's growing season runs about 209 days, ranking 15,386 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 762 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 35751's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Pleasant Groves's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Pleasant Groves's dates instead of trusting one.