Newton, AL 36352 Frost Dates
Newton, 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.
Newton 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 13 weeks until Newton'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.
Newton against the rest of the dataset
About 270 days separate Newton's last and first frost, putting it 5,601 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 47 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 36352's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Newton's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Newton can differ from the 36352 normal.