Ethelsville, AL 39703 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ethelsville, AL?
Around 03/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 197 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 244 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 Ethelsville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Ethelsville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Ethelsville's last frost
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ethelsville compares
About 244 days separate Ethelsville's last and first frost, putting it 8,274 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 263 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Ethelsville can differ from the 39703 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Ethelsville's frost date answer different questions.