Mulga, AL 35249 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mulga, AL, ZIP 35249
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mulga 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 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 9,479 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AL, it ranks 403 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 35249 normal.