Ozark, AL 36360 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Ozark, AL, ZIP 36360
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/01, roughly 185 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/24, about 270 frost-free days later.
Ozark 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Ozark has about 13 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.
Why 03/01 isn't a guarantee
03/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ozark compares
At roughly 270 frost-free days, Ozark places 5,558 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 37 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Ozark's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Ozark's dates instead of trusting one.