Phenix City, AL 36868 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Phenix City, AL, ZIP 36868
Around 03/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 189 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/23, about 265 frost-free days later.
Phenix City 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 Phenix City has about 12 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.
The actual range around Phenix City's last frost
03/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Phenix City compares
Phenix City's growing season runs about 265 days, ranking 5,971 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 88 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Phenix City's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Phenix City's dates instead of trusting one.