Samson, AL 36477 Frost Dates
36477, near Samson, AL: the frost window
Around 03/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 207 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 231 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Samson 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
Samson's growing season runs out in roughly 10 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
The actual range around Samson's last frost
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Samson against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 231 frost-free days, Samson places 10,213 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 484 of 809.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 36477: local microclimates, on what one yard in Samson can differ from the 36477 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8b and Samson's frost date answer different questions.