Repton, AL 36475 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Repton, AL?
Around 03/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 194 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/17, about 251 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 Repton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Repton 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
03/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/16 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 Repton compares
At roughly 251 frost-free days, Repton places 7,404 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 203 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Repton can differ from the 36475 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Repton's frost date answer different questions.