Gadsden, AL 35904 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Gadsden, AL, ZIP 35904
Around 03/19 is the usual last spring frost, about 203 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/13, about 240 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Gadsden, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Gadsden 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Gadsden compares
About 240 days separate Gadsden's last and first frost, putting it 8,674 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 292 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Gadsden can differ from the 35904 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Gadsden's frost date answer different questions.