Flomaton, AL 36441 Frost Dates
36441, near Flomaton, AL: the frost window
Around 03/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 194 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/15, roughly 251 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Flomaton in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Flomaton's growing season runs out in roughly 11 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/10 isn't a guarantee
03/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Flomaton against the rest of the dataset
Flomaton's growing season runs about 251 days, ranking 7,348 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 198 of 809.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 36441: the frost range, on how to read the range around Flomaton's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Flomaton can differ from the 36441 normal.