Owens Cross Roads, AL 35763 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Owens Cross Roads, AL, ZIP 35763
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 210 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Owens Cross Roads in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
Zone 8a around Owens Cross Roads 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 Owens Cross Roads'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 Owens Cross Roads compares
Owens Cross Roads's growing season runs about 210 days, ranking 15,015 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 716 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Owens Cross Roads's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Owens Cross Roads's dates instead of trusting one.