Fort Deposit, AL 36046 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Fort Deposit, AL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/12, about 196 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/18, about 253 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 Fort Deposit, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Fort Deposit before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Fort Deposit's last frost
03/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fort Deposit compares
Fort Deposit's growing season runs about 253 days, ranking 7,170 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 187 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Fort Deposit can differ from the 36046 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Fort Deposit's frost date answer different questions.