Hokes Bluff, AL 35902 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hokes Bluff, AL, ZIP 35902
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/19, roughly 203 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/13, about 240 frost-free days later.
Hokes Bluff 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
Zone 8a around Hokes Bluff has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Hokes Bluff's last frost
03/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hokes Bluff compares
Hokes Bluff's growing season runs about 240 days, ranking 8,692 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 298 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Hokes Bluff's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Hokes Bluff's dates instead of trusting one.