When to plant in Riverside, AL

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

Safe to plant out

Apr 19

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 4

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 30

1 year in 10 by Oct 19

Frost-free days

211

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Talladega · 22.0 km away · station 155 m, town 154 m. How we match towns to stations

This season

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Planting dates for common crops

Crop	Start indoors	Plant out or sow	Harvest from
Tomato	Feb 22 – Mar 8	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 13
Sweet pepper	Feb 8 – Feb 22	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 18
Lettuce (leaf)	Jan 31 – Feb 7	Mar 7 – Mar 21	Apr 16
Peas	—	Feb 21 – Mar 21	Apr 17
Bush beans	—	Apr 12 – May 3	Jun 1
Carrot	—	Mar 14 – Apr 25	May 13
Beet	—	Mar 7 – Apr 18	Apr 26
Potato	—	Mar 14 – Apr 4	May 23
Kale	Jan 24 – Feb 7	Mar 7 – Mar 21	Apr 19
Broccoli	Jan 24 – Feb 7	Mar 7 – Mar 28	May 6
Cucumber	Mar 22 – Mar 29	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 8
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 22 – Mar 29	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 3
Winter squash	Mar 22 – Mar 29	Apr 19 – May 3	Jul 8
Sweet corn	—	Apr 12 – May 3	Jun 11
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 7 – Mar 28	Jun 5
Garlic	—	Oct 16 – Nov 13 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Feb 21 – Mar 21	Mar 31
Basil	Mar 8 – Mar 22	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 15

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Riverside's weather over time

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

Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend

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Year	Last spring frost
1894	Mar 30
1898	Apr 8
1899	Apr 10
1901	Mar 22
1902	Apr 2
1903	Apr 6
1904	Apr 4
1906	Mar 21
1907	Apr 15
1908	Mar 21
1909	Apr 11
1912	Mar 11
1913	Mar 28
1914	Apr 10
1915	Apr 4
1916	Mar 17
1917	Mar 19
1918	Apr 12
1919	Apr 18
1920	Apr 14
1921	Mar 1
1922	Mar 22
1923	Apr 1
1924	Apr 3
1925	Mar 6
1926	Apr 1
1927	Apr 23
1928	Apr 16
1929	Mar 18
1931	Apr 7
1932	Mar 15
1933	Mar 11
1936	Apr 19
1937	Apr 7
1938	Apr 10
1939	Apr 8
1940	Apr 14
1941	Mar 30
1942	Apr 2
1943	Apr 15
1944	Apr 6
1945	Mar 10
1946	Mar 11
1947	Mar 29
1948	Mar 29
1949	Apr 17
1950	Apr 21
1951	Apr 4
1952	Apr 7
1953	Apr 21
1954	Mar 18
1955	Mar 31
1956	Apr 21
1957	Apr 15
1958	Mar 29
1959	Apr 14
1960	Apr 11
1961	Apr 2
1962	Apr 17
1963	Apr 15
1964	Apr 10
1965	Mar 22
1966	Apr 11
1967	Mar 19
1968	Mar 26
1969	Mar 28
1970	Apr 3
1971	May 4
1972	Apr 9
1973	Apr 29
1974	Apr 6
1975	Apr 21
1976	Mar 17
1977	Mar 24
1978	Mar 29
1979	Apr 10
1980	Apr 10
1982	Apr 12
1985	Mar 31
1987	Apr 4
1988	Apr 20
1989	Apr 11
1990	Apr 13
1991	Mar 31
1992	Apr 29
1993	Apr 3
1994	Apr 1
1995	Apr 3
1996	Apr 12
1997	Apr 18
1998	Mar 23
2000	Apr 10
2001	Apr 19
2002	Apr 8
2003	Apr 1
2004	Apr 2
2005	Apr 25
2006	Mar 27
2007	Apr 9
2008	Apr 18
2009	Apr 9
2010	Mar 27
2011	Apr 6
2012	Mar 7
2013	Apr 20
2014	Apr 16
2015	Mar 30
2016	Mar 23
2017	Mar 17
2018	Mar 22
2019	Apr 3
2020	Mar 9
2021	Apr 21
2022	Apr 10
2023	Mar 21
2024	Mar 19
2025	Mar 22
2026	Mar 20

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1898	197
1899	207
1901	228
1902	209
1903	201
1904	201
1906	203
1907	211
1908	229
1909	184
1912	236
1913	206
1915	187
1916	218
1917	207
1918	214
1919	209
1920	198
1921	254
1922	243
1923	221
1925	227
1926	208
1927	209
1929	231
1932	205
1933	241
1936	194
1937	199
1938	223
1939	203
1940	208
1941	222
1942	207
1943	184
1944	204
1945	238
1946	256
1947	224
1948	202
1949	198
1950	197
1951	212
1952	197
1953	191
1954	212
1955	209
1956	201
1957	194
1958	212
1959	206
1960	206
1961	200
1962	189
1963	197
1964	179
1965	215
1966	205
1967	230
1968	213
1969	220
1970	221
1971	183
1972	199
1973	171
1974	197
1975	206
1977	231
1978	193
1979	196
1985	219
1987	182
1988	175
1989	191
1990	196
1991	189
1992	191
1993	211
1995	219
1996	190
1997	187
1998	214
2000	181
2001	181
2002	212
2003	226
2004	226
2005	183
2006	210
2007	208
2009	192
2010	216
2011	197
2012	237
2013	188
2014	199
2015	228
2016	232
2017	226
2018	233
2019	211
2020	237
2021	197
2022	190
2023	224
2024	248
2025	225

Each year's average temperature, April to SeptemberLong-term trend

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1898	23.3 °C
1899	23.6 °C
1901	22.6 °C
1902	25.1 °C
1903	22.9 °C
1904	23.2 °C
1906	23.8 °C
1907	23.1 °C
1909	22.8 °C
1911	24.6 °C
1912	23.5 °C
1913	23.5 °C
1915	24.2 °C
1916	23.4 °C
1917	22.6 °C
1918	22.9 °C
1919	23.1 °C
1920	22.9 °C
1921	24.1 °C
1922	23.5 °C
1923	23.3 °C
1925	25.2 °C
1926	24.0 °C
1929	24.0 °C
1932	23.6 °C
1933	23.6 °C
1935	23.4 °C
1936	24.1 °C
1937	23.5 °C
1938	23.8 °C
1939	23.4 °C
1940	22.8 °C
1941	24.4 °C
1942	23.9 °C
1943	24.7 °C
1944	24.2 °C
1945	24.2 °C
1946	23.7 °C
1947	23.3 °C
1948	23.4 °C
1949	23.3 °C
1950	22.3 °C
1951	23.4 °C
1952	23.6 °C
1953	23.4 °C
1954	24.1 °C
1955	23.8 °C
1956	23.1 °C
1957	23.6 °C
1958	23.4 °C
1959	23.4 °C
1960	22.9 °C
1961	21.3 °C
1962	22.9 °C
1963	22.0 °C
1964	22.0 °C
1965	21.9 °C
1966	21.7 °C
1967	22.2 °C
1968	22.6 °C
1969	22.8 °C
1970	23.2 °C
1971	21.8 °C
1972	22.2 °C
1973	21.5 °C
1974	21.6 °C
1975	22.0 °C
1977	24.0 °C
1978	23.4 °C
1979	22.3 °C
1984	22.6 °C
1985	22.6 °C
1987	23.2 °C
1988	22.7 °C
1989	22.3 °C
1990	22.9 °C
1991	23.3 °C
1992	21.6 °C
1993	23.5 °C
1994	23.1 °C
1995	23.2 °C
1996	22.1 °C
1997	21.3 °C
1998	23.5 °C
2000	22.5 °C
2001	22.1 °C
2002	22.7 °C
2003	21.9 °C
2004	22.1 °C
2005	22.3 °C
2006	23.2 °C
2007	23.1 °C
2008	22.5 °C
2009	22.3 °C
2010	24.3 °C
2011	23.3 °C
2012	23.1 °C
2013	22.0 °C
2014	22.6 °C
2015	23.2 °C
2016	23.8 °C
2017	22.8 °C
2018	23.6 °C
2019	23.8 °C
2020	23.7 °C
2021	22.2 °C
2022	23.1 °C
2023	23.0 °C
2024	24.0 °C
2025	23.7 °C
2026	24.3 °C

What this means for you: Since 1894, Riverside's last spring frost has stayed at about the same time of year. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

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

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