Midland City, AL 36350 Frost Dates
Midland City, AL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/01, roughly 185 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/24, roughly 270 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Midland City in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 13 weeks until Midland City's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/01 isn't a guarantee
03/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Midland City against the rest of the dataset
About 270 days separate Midland City's last and first frost, putting it 5,594 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 43 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 36350's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Midland City can differ from the 36350 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Midland City's frost date answer different questions.