Banks, AL 36005 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Banks, AL, ZIP 36005
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/25, roughly 209 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 226 frost-free days later.
Banks sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 8b around Banks 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 Banks's last frost
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Banks compares
About 226 days separate Banks's last and first frost, putting it 11,316 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 587 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Banks can differ from the 36005 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Banks's frost date answer different questions.