Anniston, AL 36254 Frost Dates
Anniston, AL: when does the frost end?
Around 04/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 221 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 206 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Anniston in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Anniston's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Anniston against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 206 frost-free days, Anniston places 15,963 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 778 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 36254's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Anniston can differ from the 36254 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Anniston's frost date answer different questions.