Greensboro, AL 36776 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Greensboro, AL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/17, roughly 201 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 240 frost-free days later.
Greensboro 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
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Greensboro 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 02/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Greensboro compares
At roughly 240 frost-free days, Greensboro places 8,698 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 302 of 809.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Greensboro can differ from the 36776 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Greensboro's frost date answer different questions.