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Evergreen, AL 36401 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Evergreen, AL, ZIP 36401

Zone 8b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/13, about 197 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/19, about 253 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Evergreen in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 8b around Evergreen has about 12 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.

How much risk comes with planting early here

03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Evergreen compares

About 253 days separate Evergreen's last and first frost, putting it 7,147 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 186 of 809.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Evergreen's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Evergreen can differ from the 36401 normal.