Saraland, AL 36521 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Saraland, AL, ZIP 36521
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/03, about 187 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/25, about 268 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 Saraland, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Saraland 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.
The actual range around Saraland's last frost
03/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/06 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 Saraland compares
Saraland's growing season runs about 268 days, ranking 5,739 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 77 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Saraland's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Saraland can differ from the 36521 normal.