Fairhope, AL 36532 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fairhope, AL, ZIP 36532
Around 03/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 194 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/17, about 253 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fairhope in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Fairhope has about 12 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 03/10 isn't a guarantee
03/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fairhope compares
At roughly 253 frost-free days, Fairhope places 7,086 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 182 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Fairhope's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Fairhope's dates instead of trusting one.