Centre, AL 35960 Frost Dates
Centre, AL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/06, roughly 221 days out. 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 Centre 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
With roughly 9 weeks until Centre'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
04/06 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.
Centre against the rest of the dataset
About 207 days separate Centre's last and first frost, putting it 15,817 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 775 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 35960's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Centre's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Centre can differ from the 35960 normal.