Satsuma, AL 36572 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Satsuma, AL, ZIP 36572
Around 02/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 177 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/06, about 292 frost-free days later.
Satsuma sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Satsuma has about 14 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 Satsuma's last frost
02/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Satsuma compares
At roughly 292 frost-free days, Satsuma places 4,351 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 17 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Satsuma can differ from the 36572 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Satsuma's frost date answer different questions.