Lockhart, AL 36455 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lockhart, AL?
Around 03/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 188 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/26, about 265 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Lockhart, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Lockhart before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Lockhart's last frost
03/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lockhart compares
Lockhart's growing season runs about 265 days, ranking 6,003 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 93 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Lockhart can differ from the 36455 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Lockhart's frost date answer different questions.