Frost dates for Pinson, Alabama
Half of years have their last spring frost by April 4, but 1 year in 10 still frosts after April 22.
A frost date is really a percentile from 30 years of records at a nearby weather station: in about half of years a frost still comes after the median date. Both numbers are below, so you can choose the risk yourself.
The odds
Last spring frost
How often a frost still comes on or after each date.
- 1 year in 10
- April 22
- 1 year in 5
- April 15
- 3 years in 10
- April 11
- 2 years in 5
- April 7
- Half of years (the median)
- April 4
First fall freeze
How often the first freeze comes on or before each date.
- 1 year in 10
- October 21
- 1 year in 5
- October 25
- 3 years in 10
- October 28
- 2 years in 5
- October 30
- Half of years (the median)
- November 1
- Growing season
- about 212 days
- Hardiness zone nearby
- 8a
- Summer days
- a usual high of about 32 °C89 °F
- Lettuce and spinach run to seed
- May to September, in hot, long days (how we know)
Summer and rain
A growing garden needs about 25 mm1 in of water a week, rain and watering together. Here is what a normal month brings.
Month by month
- January
- high ~12 °C53 °F · low ~-1 °C31 °F · rain ~130 mm5.1 in
- February
- high ~15 °C58 °F · low ~1 °C34 °F · rain ~137 mm5.4 in
- March
- high ~19 °C67 °F · low ~5 °C41 °F · rain ~145 mm5.7 in
- April
- high ~24 °C75 °F · low ~9 °C47 °F · rain ~128 mm5 in
- May
- high ~28 °C82 °F · low ~14 °C56 °F · rain ~121 mm4.8 in
- June
- high ~31 °C87 °F · low ~18 °C65 °F · rain ~116 mm4.6 in
- July
- high ~32 °C90 °F · low ~20 °C68 °F · rain ~126 mm5 in
- August
- high ~32 °C90 °F · low ~20 °C68 °F · rain ~113 mm4.4 in
- September
- high ~30 °C85 °F · low ~16 °C61 °F · rain ~101 mm4 in
- October
- high ~24 °C75 °F · low ~10 °C50 °F · rain ~83 mm3.3 in
- November
- high ~18 °C64 °F · low ~4 °C39 °F · rain ~118 mm4.6 in
- December
- high ~13 °C56 °F · low ~1 °C34 °F · rain ~130 mm5.1 in
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Pinson station (listed by NOAA as Pinson, USC00016478), at 33.69, -86.69. These are that station’s own records, unshifted. The further your garden is from it, the less exactly they describe your ground. The planner finds the nearest station to your garden and lowers its confidence with distance, so no number is presented as if it were measured in your garden.
Cold air also pools in low ground on the clear, still nights when frost happens, so a hollow can freeze while a slope a few hundred feet away does not. No table can know that about your garden. A few seasons of your own logged frosts can.
ZIP codes nearest this station
35004, 35052, 35071, 35079, 35091, 35112, 35116, 35119, 35120, 35126, 35133, 35172…
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35173, 35180, 35215, 35235.
Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- Birmingham Airport, AL, last frost by March 21
- Helena, AL, last frost by March 19
- Huntsville International Airport, AL, last frost by March 24
Other stations in Alabama.
- Mobile, AL, last frost by March 3
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