Hayneville, AL 36043 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hayneville, AL, ZIP 36043
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/13, roughly 197 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/13, about 244 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 Hayneville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Hayneville has about 11 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.
Why 03/13 isn't a guarantee
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hayneville compares
About 244 days separate Hayneville's last and first frost, putting it 8,262 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 259 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Hayneville can differ from the 36043 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Hayneville's frost date answer different questions.