Fort Payne, AL 35967 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fort Payne, AL, ZIP 35967
Around 03/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 213 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 225 frost-free days later.
Fort Payne sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Fort Payne has about 10 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 Fort Payne's last frost
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fort Payne compares
About 225 days separate Fort Payne's last and first frost, putting it 11,383 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 588 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Fort Payne can differ from the 35967 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Fort Payne's frost date answer different questions.