Glenwood, AL 36034 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Glenwood, AL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/17, about 201 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 242 frost-free days later.
Glenwood 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
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Glenwood before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Glenwood's last frost
03/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Glenwood compares
About 242 days separate Glenwood's last and first frost, putting it 8,415 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 270 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Glenwood's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Glenwood can differ from the 36034 normal.