Paint Rock, AL 35764 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Paint Rock, AL, ZIP 35764
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.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Paint Rock, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Paint Rock 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 Paint Rock'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 Paint Rock compares
Paint Rock's growing season runs about 210 days, ranking 15,122 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 754 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Paint Rock's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Paint Rock can differ from the 35764 normal.