Roanoke, AL 36274 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Roanoke, AL, ZIP 36274
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 216 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Roanoke in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Roanoke has about 10 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.
The actual range around Roanoke's last frost
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Roanoke compares
About 216 days separate Roanoke's last and first frost, putting it 13,768 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 663 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Roanoke's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Roanoke's dates instead of trusting one.