Gadsden, AL 35901 Frost Dates
Gadsden, AL: when does the frost end?
Around 03/19 is the usual last spring frost, about 203 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/13, roughly 240 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gadsden 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 11 weeks until Gadsden's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Gadsden's last frost
03/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Gadsden against the rest of the dataset
Gadsden's growing season runs about 240 days, ranking 8,673 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 291 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 35901's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Gadsden can differ from the 35901 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Gadsden's frost date answer different questions.