Fruithurst, AL 36269 Frost Dates
36269, near Fruithurst, AL: the frost window
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 Fruithurst 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
Fruithurst's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
The actual range around Fruithurst's last frost
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.
Fruithurst against the rest of the dataset
Fruithurst's growing season runs about 206 days, ranking 16,135 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 784 of 809.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 36269: local microclimates, on what one yard in Fruithurst can differ from the 36269 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and Fruithurst's frost date answer different questions.