Phenix City, AL 36869 Frost Dates
Phenix City, AL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/26, roughly 210 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/08, roughly 228 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Phenix City in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Phenix City's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Phenix City against the rest of the dataset
Phenix City's growing season runs about 228 days, ranking 10,718 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 547 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 36869's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Phenix City's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Phenix City can differ from the 36869 normal.