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When to plant in Fayetteville, AL

Planting dates worked out from Fayetteville's own frost records, not a generic zone chart.

Safe to plant out
Apr 18
1 year in 10 has a later frost
Average last frost
Apr 1
about a 50% chance of a later one
Average first fall frost
Oct 30
1 year in 10 by Oct 19
Frost-free days
214
median, 1991–2020

Station used: Childersburg Wtp · 16.2 km away · station 127 m, town 133 m. How we match towns to stations

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Planting dates for common crops

CropStart indoorsPlant out or sowHarvest from
Tomato Feb 21 – Mar 7 Apr 18 – May 2 Jun 12
Sweet pepper Feb 7 – Feb 21 Apr 18 – May 2 Jun 17
Lettuce (leaf) Jan 28 – Feb 4 Mar 4 – Mar 18 Apr 13
Peas — Feb 18 – Mar 18 Apr 14
Bush beans — Apr 11 – May 2 May 31
Carrot — Mar 11 – Apr 22 May 10
Beet — Mar 4 – Apr 15 Apr 23
Potato — Mar 11 – Apr 1 May 20
Kale Jan 21 – Feb 4 Mar 4 – Mar 18 Apr 16
Broccoli Jan 21 – Feb 4 Mar 4 – Mar 25 May 3
Cucumber Mar 21 – Mar 28 Apr 18 – May 2 Jun 7
Summer squash and zucchini Mar 21 – Mar 28 Apr 18 – May 2 Jun 2
Winter squash Mar 21 – Mar 28 Apr 18 – May 2 Jul 7
Sweet corn — Apr 11 – May 2 Jun 10
Onion (from sets) — Mar 4 – Mar 25 Jun 2
Garlic — Oct 16 – Nov 13 (fall) following summer
Spinach — Feb 18 – Mar 18 Mar 28
Basil Mar 7 – Mar 21 Apr 18 – May 2 Jun 14

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Fayetteville's weather over time

How the growing season has shifted here, year by year, from the station's own records.

Mar 1Mar 15Apr 1Apr 15 1960197019801990200020102020
Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend
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YearLast spring frost
1958Apr 8
1959Apr 14
1960Apr 11
1961Apr 17
1962Apr 16
1963Apr 15
1964Mar 31
1965Mar 22
1966Apr 10
1967Mar 23
1969Mar 31
1970Apr 3
1971Apr 8
1972Apr 5
1973Apr 12
1974Mar 22
1975Apr 13
1976Mar 18
1977Mar 24
1978Mar 28
1979Mar 26
1980Mar 19
1981Mar 26
1982Apr 7
1983Apr 21
1984Mar 31
1985Apr 10
1986Apr 24
1987Apr 5
1988Mar 17
1989Apr 12
1990Apr 13
1991Mar 31
1992Apr 5
1993Apr 23
1994Apr 8
1995Apr 2
1996Apr 16
1997Apr 18
1998Mar 23
1999Apr 18
2000Apr 10
2001Apr 19
2002Apr 7
2003Apr 2
2004Apr 5
2005Mar 18
2006Mar 27
2007Apr 8
2008Apr 16
2009Apr 8
2010Mar 8
2011Mar 12
2012Mar 6
2014Apr 16
2015Mar 29
2018Mar 22
2019Mar 20
2020Mar 2
2021Apr 22
2022Mar 14
2024Mar 20
2025Mar 21

What this means for you: Since 1958, Fayetteville's last spring frost has come about 2 days earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 3 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Childersburg Wtp (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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