Hammondville, AL 35989 Frost Dates
Hammondville, AL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/07, roughly 222 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 204 days after the last spring frost.
Hammondville 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Hammondville'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
04/07 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 04/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hammondville against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Hammondville places 16,726 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 796 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 35989's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Hammondville can differ from the 35989 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Hammondville's frost date answer different questions.