Montgomery, AL 36111 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Montgomery, AL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/04, roughly 188 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/18, about 262 frost-free days later.
Montgomery 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 12 weeks of growing season left in Montgomery before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Montgomery compares
At roughly 262 frost-free days, Montgomery places 6,170 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 117 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Montgomery's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Montgomery can differ from the 36111 normal.