Bridgeport, AL 35958 Frost Dates
Bridgeport, AL: when does the frost end?
Around 04/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 222 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 208 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bridgeport in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 9 weeks until Bridgeport's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bridgeport against the rest of the dataset
Bridgeport's growing season runs about 208 days, ranking 15,646 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 770 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 35958's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Bridgeport's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Bridgeport can differ from the 35958 normal.