Gurley, AL 35813 Frost Dates
Gurley, AL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/04, roughly 219 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 210 days after the last spring frost.
Gurley 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 Gurley's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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.
Gurley against the rest of the dataset
Gurley's growing season runs about 210 days, ranking 15,064 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 734 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 35813's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Gurley's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Gurley can differ from the 35813 normal.