Fulton, AL 36446 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fulton, AL, ZIP 36446
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/17, roughly 201 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 237 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fulton in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 8b around Fulton has about 10 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 Fulton's last frost
03/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fulton compares
About 237 days separate Fulton's last and first frost, putting it 9,168 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AL, it ranks 347 of 809.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Fulton can differ from the 36446 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Fulton's frost date answer different questions.