Pine Ridge, AL 35968 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pine Ridge, AL, ZIP 35968
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/29, about 213 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 225 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 Pine Ridge, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Pine Ridge 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 Pine Ridge'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 Pine Ridge compares
Pine Ridge's growing season runs about 225 days, ranking 11,480 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 598 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Pine Ridge can differ from the 35968 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Pine Ridge's frost date answer different questions.