Geraldine, AL 35974 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Geraldine, AL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/31, about 215 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 217 frost-free days later.
Geraldine sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Geraldine before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Geraldine's last frost
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 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 Geraldine compares
At roughly 217 frost-free days, Geraldine places 13,567 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 660 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Geraldine can differ from the 35974 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Geraldine's frost date answer different questions.