Toxey, AL 36908 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Toxey, AL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/14, about 198 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 247 frost-free days later.
Toxey 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
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Toxey before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 03/14 isn't a guarantee
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Toxey compares
Toxey's growing season runs about 247 days, ranking 7,898 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 227 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Toxey's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Toxey can differ from the 36908 normal.