Maplesville, AL 36792 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Maplesville, AL, ZIP 36792
Around 03/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 205 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 235 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Maplesville in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Maplesville has about 11 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Maplesville compares
About 235 days separate Maplesville's last and first frost, putting it 9,641 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 432 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Maplesville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Maplesville can differ from the 36792 normal.