Clayhatchee, AL 36313 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Clayhatchee, AL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/23, roughly 207 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 231 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Clayhatchee, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Clayhatchee before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Clayhatchee compares
At roughly 231 frost-free days, Clayhatchee places 10,253 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 493 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Clayhatchee's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Clayhatchee's dates instead of trusting one.