Newville, AL 36345 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Newville, AL?
Around 03/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 189 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/24, about 264 frost-free days later.
Newville sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°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.
What to do before the first frost
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Newville 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
03/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Newville compares
At roughly 264 frost-free days, Newville places 6,085 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 107 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Newville can differ from the 36345 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Newville's frost date answer different questions.