Gurley, AL 35897 Frost Dates
Gurley, AL: when does the frost end?
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 210 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gurley in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's 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.
The actual range around Gurley's last frost
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
At roughly 210 frost-free days, Gurley places 15,071 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 741 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 35897's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Gurley's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Gurley's dates instead of trusting one.