Slocomb, AL 36375 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Slocomb, AL, ZIP 36375
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/01, about 185 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/24, about 270 frost-free days later.
Slocomb 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
Zone 9a around Slocomb 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.
The actual range around Slocomb's last frost
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 Slocomb compares
Slocomb's growing season runs about 270 days, ranking 5,595 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 44 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Slocomb's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Slocomb can differ from the 36375 normal.