Daphne, AL 36577 Frost Dates
Daphne, AL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/21, about 177 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/06, roughly 292 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Daphne in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 14 weeks until Daphne's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Daphne's last frost
02/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Daphne against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 292 frost-free days, Daphne places 4,342 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 15 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 36577's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Daphne's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Daphne's dates instead of trusting one.