Bayou La Batre, AL 36568 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bayou La Batre, AL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/13, roughly 197 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/24, about 255 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Bayou La Batre, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Bayou La Batre before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Bayou La Batre's last frost
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
Bayou La Batre's growing season runs about 255 days, ranking 6,945 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 170 of 809.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Bayou La Batre can differ from the 36568 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Bayou La Batre's frost date answer different questions.