Luverne, AL 36049 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Luverne, AL?
Around 03/31 is the usual last spring frost, about 215 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 220 frost-free days later.
Luverne 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 10 weeks of growing season left in Luverne before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Luverne's last frost
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Luverne compares
About 220 days separate Luverne's last and first frost, putting it 12,817 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 636 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Luverne's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Luverne's dates instead of trusting one.