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Ridgeville, AL 35954 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Ridgeville, AL, ZIP 35954

Zone 8a

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.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ridgeville in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 8a around Ridgeville 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 Ridgeville'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 Ridgeville compares

About 240 days separate Ridgeville's last and first frost, putting it 8,728 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 307 of 809.

Learn more

local microclimates explains what one yard in Ridgeville can differ from the 35954 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Ridgeville's frost date answer different questions.