Owens Cross Roads, AL 35803 Frost Dates
Owens Cross Roads, AL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 210 days after the last spring frost.
Owens Cross Roads 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Owens Cross Roads's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/04 isn't a guarantee
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Owens Cross Roads against the rest of the dataset
About 210 days separate Owens Cross Roads's last and first frost, putting it 15,016 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 717 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 35803's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Owens Cross Roads's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Owens Cross Roads can differ from the 35803 normal.