Boaz, AL 35957 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Boaz, AL?
Around 03/19 is the usual last spring frost, about 203 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/18, about 244 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 Boaz, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Boaz before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Boaz's last frost
03/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Boaz compares
About 244 days separate Boaz's last and first frost, putting it 8,225 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 251 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Boaz's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Boaz's dates instead of trusting one.