Fort Deposit, AL 36032 Frost Dates
Fort Deposit, AL: when does the frost end?
Around 03/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 192 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/20, roughly 256 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fort Deposit in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Fort Deposit's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/08 isn't a guarantee
03/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Fort Deposit against the rest of the dataset
Fort Deposit's growing season runs about 256 days, ranking 6,842 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 162 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 36032's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Fort Deposit's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Fort Deposit's dates instead of trusting one.