Petrey, AL 36041 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Petrey, AL, ZIP 36041
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/04, about 188 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/26, about 265 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Petrey, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Petrey has about 13 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 Petrey's last frost
03/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Petrey compares
Petrey's growing season runs about 265 days, ranking 6,006 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 94 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Petrey's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Petrey can differ from the 36041 normal.