Benton, AL 36775 Frost Dates
Benton, AL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/21, about 205 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 233 days after the last spring frost.
Benton 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Benton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Benton against the rest of the dataset
About 233 days separate Benton's last and first frost, putting it 10,011 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 452 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 36775's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Benton's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Benton's dates instead of trusting one.