Tuskegee, AL 36083 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Tuskegee, AL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/25, roughly 209 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 228 frost-free days later.
Tuskegee 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 Tuskegee before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Tuskegee's last frost
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tuskegee compares
Tuskegee's growing season runs about 228 days, ranking 10,784 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 552 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Tuskegee can differ from the 36083 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Tuskegee's frost date answer different questions.