Cedar Bluff, AL 35959 Frost Dates
35959, near Cedar Bluff, AL: the frost window
Around 04/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 221 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 207 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cedar Bluff in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
Cedar Bluff's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/06 isn't a guarantee
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cedar Bluff against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 207 frost-free days, Cedar Bluff places 15,835 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 776 of 809.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 35959: the frost range, on how to read the range around Cedar Bluff's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Cedar Bluff can differ from the 35959 normal.