Moulton, AL 35651 Frost Dates
35651, near Moulton, AL: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 209 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Moulton in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Moulton's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Moulton against the rest of the dataset
About 209 days separate Moulton's last and first frost, putting it 15,241 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 758 of 809.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 35651: local microclimates, on what one yard in Moulton can differ from the 35651 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and Moulton's frost date answer different questions.