Pike Road, AL 36141 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pike Road, AL, ZIP 36141
Around 03/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 188 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/18, about 262 frost-free days later.
Pike Road 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
Zone 8b around Pike Road has about 12 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.
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 Pike Road compares
Pike Road's growing season runs about 262 days, ranking 6,222 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 137 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Pike Road's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Pike Road can differ from the 36141 normal.