Beatrice, AL 36425 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Beatrice, AL, ZIP 36425
Around 03/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 202 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 241 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Beatrice, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Beatrice has about 11 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 Beatrice's last frost
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Beatrice compares
About 241 days separate Beatrice's last and first frost, putting it 8,640 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 285 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Beatrice can differ from the 36425 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Beatrice's frost date answer different questions.