Taylor, AL 36305 Frost Dates
Taylor, AL: when does the frost end?
Around 03/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 185 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/24, roughly 270 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Taylor in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 13 weeks until Taylor'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
03/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Taylor against the rest of the dataset
About 270 days separate Taylor's last and first frost, putting it 5,593 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 42 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 36305's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Taylor can differ from the 36305 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Taylor's frost date answer different questions.