Yellow Bluff, AL 36435 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Yellow Bluff, AL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/18, roughly 202 days out. 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 Yellow Bluff, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Yellow Bluff before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Yellow Bluff compares
Yellow Bluff's growing season runs about 241 days, ranking 8,636 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 283 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Yellow Bluff's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Yellow Bluff can differ from the 36435 normal.