Cowarts, AL 36302 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Cowarts, AL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/01, about 185 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/24, about 270 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cowarts in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Cowarts before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Cowarts's last frost
03/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cowarts compares
Cowarts's growing season runs about 270 days, ranking 5,597 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 45 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Cowarts's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Cowarts's dates instead of trusting one.