Coffeeville, AL 36727 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Coffeeville, AL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/17, roughly 201 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 237 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Coffeeville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Coffeeville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Coffeeville compares
About 237 days separate Coffeeville's last and first frost, putting it 9,166 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 346 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Coffeeville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Coffeeville's dates instead of trusting one.