Coffeeville, AL 36538 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Coffeeville, AL, ZIP 36538
Around 03/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 210 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 228 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 Coffeeville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Coffeeville has about 10 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Coffeeville compares
Coffeeville's growing season runs about 228 days, ranking 10,922 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 577 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Coffeeville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Coffeeville's dates instead of trusting one.