Gurley, AL 35762 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Gurley, AL, ZIP 35762
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 210 frost-free days later.
Gurley 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
Zone 8a around Gurley has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Gurley's last frost
04/04 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. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gurley compares
Gurley's growing season runs about 210 days, ranking 15,059 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 729 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Gurley's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Gurley's dates instead of trusting one.