York, AL 36925 Frost Dates
York, AL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/20, about 204 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/09, roughly 234 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts York 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 York'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
03/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
York against the rest of the dataset
York's growing season runs about 234 days, ranking 9,747 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 438 of 809.
Learn more
Before leaning on 36925's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in York can differ from the 36925 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and York's frost date answer different questions.