Mulga, AL 35285 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mulga, AL, ZIP 35285
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.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Mulga, not a forecast for this year.
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.
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
At roughly 236 frost-free days, Mulga places 9,487 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 411 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Mulga can differ from the 35285 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Mulga's frost date answer different questions.