Brewton, AL 36503 Frost Dates
Brewton, AL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/14, roughly 198 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/16, roughly 248 days after the last spring frost.
Brewton sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Brewton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Brewton against the rest of the dataset
Brewton's growing season runs about 248 days, ranking 7,693 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 219 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 36503's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Brewton's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Brewton can differ from the 36503 normal.