Elba, AL 36323 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Elba, AL, ZIP 36323
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/09, about 193 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/21, about 260 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 Elba, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Elba has about 12 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Elba's last frost
03/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Elba compares
At roughly 260 frost-free days, Elba places 6,480 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 145 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Elba can differ from the 36323 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Elba's frost date answer different questions.