Creola, AL 36505 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Creola, AL, ZIP 36505
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/28, roughly 184 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/25, about 272 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 Creola, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Creola has about 13 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 02/28 isn't a guarantee
02/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Creola compares
At roughly 272 frost-free days, Creola places 5,390 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 30 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Creola can differ from the 36505 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Creola's frost date answer different questions.