Pennington, AL 36910 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pennington, AL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/20, about 204 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 234 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 Pennington, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Pennington before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Pennington's last frost
03/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pennington compares
About 234 days separate Pennington's last and first frost, putting it 9,810 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 442 of 809.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Pennington's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Pennington can differ from the 36910 normal.