Mulga, AL 35287 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Mulga, AL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/21, roughly 205 days out. 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
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Mulga before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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
At roughly 236 frost-free days, Mulga places 9,488 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AL, it ranks 412 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Mulga can differ from the 35287 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Mulga's frost date answer different questions.