Hurtsboro, AL 36860 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hurtsboro, AL, ZIP 36860
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/21, about 205 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 239 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 Hurtsboro, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Hurtsboro 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.
Why 03/21 isn't a guarantee
03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/25 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 Hurtsboro compares
About 239 days separate Hurtsboro's last and first frost, putting it 8,883 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 330 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Hurtsboro's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Hurtsboro can differ from the 36860 normal.