Stevenson, AL 35772 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Stevenson, AL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/07, about 222 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 208 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Stevenson, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Stevenson before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Stevenson's last frost
04/07 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. 04/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Stevenson compares
At roughly 208 frost-free days, Stevenson places 15,655 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 771 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Stevenson's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Stevenson can differ from the 35772 normal.