Black, AL 36314 Frost Dates
Black, AL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/23, roughly 207 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 231 days after the last spring frost.
Black sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Black's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Black's last frost
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Black against the rest of the dataset
Black's growing season runs about 231 days, ranking 10,275 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 495 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 36314's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Black can differ from the 36314 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Black's frost date answer different questions.