Woodland, AL 36280 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Woodland, AL, ZIP 36280
Around 04/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 217 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 216 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Woodland 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 Woodland 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 Woodland'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 Woodland compares
Woodland's growing season runs about 216 days, ranking 13,909 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 670 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Woodland's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Woodland's dates instead of trusting one.