Bayou La Batre, AL 36544 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bayou La Batre, AL, ZIP 36544
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/13, about 197 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/24, about 255 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bayou La Batre 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 Bayou La Batre 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bayou La Batre compares
At roughly 255 frost-free days, Bayou La Batre places 6,944 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 169 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Bayou La Batre's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Bayou La Batre can differ from the 36544 normal.