Butler, AL 36913 Frost Dates
36913, near Butler, AL: the frost window
Around 03/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 194 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/21, roughly 257 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Butler 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
Butler's growing season runs out in roughly 12 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/10 isn't a guarantee
03/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Butler against the rest of the dataset
Butler's growing season runs about 257 days, ranking 6,714 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 153 of 809.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 36913: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8b and Butler's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Butler's dates instead of trusting one.