Notasulga, AL 36866 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Notasulga, AL, ZIP 36866
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/25, roughly 209 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 228 frost-free days later.
Notasulga 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
Zone 8b around Notasulga has about 10 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
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Notasulga compares
About 228 days separate Notasulga's last and first frost, putting it 10,877 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 569 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Notasulga's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Notasulga can differ from the 36866 normal.