Blue Springs, AL 36317 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Blue Springs, AL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/11, roughly 195 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/19, about 254 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Blue Springs in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 12 weeks of growing season left in Blue Springs 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
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Blue Springs compares
At roughly 254 frost-free days, Blue Springs places 7,065 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 181 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Blue Springs's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Blue Springs can differ from the 36317 normal.