Pleasant Groves, AL 35774 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pleasant Groves, AL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/04, roughly 219 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 209 frost-free days later.
Pleasant Groves 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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Pleasant Groves before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Pleasant Groves'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 Pleasant Groves compares
About 209 days separate Pleasant Groves's last and first frost, putting it 15,387 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 763 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Pleasant Groves's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Pleasant Groves's dates instead of trusting one.