Fultondale, AL 35119 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fultondale, AL, ZIP 35119
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fultondale in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Fultondale 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Fultondale compares
At roughly 236 frost-free days, Fultondale places 9,417 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 381 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Fultondale's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Fultondale's dates instead of trusting one.