Vredenburgh, AL 36481 Frost Dates
Vredenburgh, AL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/18, about 202 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/11, roughly 241 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Vredenburgh 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
With roughly 11 weeks until Vredenburgh's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/18 isn't a guarantee
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Vredenburgh against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 241 frost-free days, Vredenburgh places 8,635 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 282 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 36481's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Vredenburgh can differ from the 36481 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Vredenburgh's frost date answer different questions.