Creola, AL 36525 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Creola, AL?
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
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Creola before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
About 272 days separate Creola's last and first frost, putting it 5,391 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 31 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Creola's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Creola's dates instead of trusting one.