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Mulga, AL 35021 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Mulga, AL, ZIP 35021

Zone 8a

Around 03/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 205 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 236 frost-free days later.

Mulga sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 8a around Mulga has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.

The actual range around Mulga's last frost

03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Mulga compares

Mulga's growing season runs about 236 days, ranking 9,464 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 388 of 809.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Mulga's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Mulga can differ from the 35021 normal.