Mulga, AL 35238 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mulga, AL, ZIP 35238
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/21, about 205 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 236 frost-free days later.
Mulga sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 8b 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.
Why 03/21 isn't a guarantee
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
About 236 days separate Mulga's last and first frost, putting it 9,477 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 401 of 809.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Mulga's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Mulga's dates instead of trusting one.