Atmore, AL 36543 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Atmore, AL, ZIP 36543
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/28, roughly 184 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/27, about 270 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Atmore in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 8b around Atmore 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 Atmore's last frost
02/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/01 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 Atmore compares
About 270 days separate Atmore's last and first frost, putting it 5,571 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 41 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Atmore's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Atmore's dates instead of trusting one.