Georgia Frost Dates

Georgia has 126 NOAA weather stations with freeze records in the 1991–2020 climate normals. The typical last spring frost ranges from February 8 at Brunswick to April 26 at Blairsville Exp Stn; at half the stations it has come by March 21. The first fall frost typically arrives between October 19 at Blairsville Exp Stn and December 26 at Brunswick Malcolm Mckinnon Ap, with a median of November 12.

The growing season between the typical frosts runs from 176 days at Blairsville Exp Stn to 314 days at Brunswick; 236 days at the median station.

Every station in Georgia

Typical dates have a 50% chance of a frost after them in spring, and before them in fall; safer dates, 10%. A garden can differ from its nearest station, especially in a valley or on a hillside: see why your garden may differ.

Georgia: freeze (32 °F) dates by NOAA station, 1991–2020 normals
Station	Elevation	Last frost	Safer	First frost	Safer	Season (days)
Albany 3 Se	180 ft	Mar 10	Mar 30	Nov 20	Nov 5	257
Albany Sw Ga Rgnl Ap	190 ft	Mar 8	Mar 27	Nov 21	Nov 5	260
Allatoona Dam 2	975 ft	Apr 2	Apr 19	Nov 4	Oct 21	215
Alma Bacon Co Ap	193 ft	Mar 11	Mar 30	Nov 20	Nov 5	256
Alto 4 Se	918 ft	Apr 4	Apr 19	Nov 4	Oct 23	216
Americus	397 ft	Mar 20	Apr 7	Nov 14	Nov 1	238
Appling 2 Nw	396 ft	Mar 27	Apr 13	Nov 7	Oct 26	226
Ashburn 3 Ene	435 ft	Mar 11	Mar 29	Nov 20	Nov 1	256
Athens Ben Epps Ap	785 ft	Mar 23	Apr 10	Nov 10	Oct 28	232
Atlanta Fulton Co Ap	840 ft	Mar 24	Apr 10	Nov 8	Oct 27	231
Atlanta Hartsfield Intl Ap	1,010 ft	Mar 15	Apr 4	Nov 20	Nov 4	252
Atlanta Peachtree Ap	1,002 ft	Mar 25	Apr 12	Nov 9	Oct 26	228
Atlanta	858 ft	Mar 26	Apr 13	Nov 6	Oct 25	226
Augusta Bush Fld Ap	132 ft	Mar 23	Apr 9	Nov 9	Oct 28	232
Augusta Daniel Fld Ap	423 ft	Feb 27	Mar 19	Dec 4	Nov 15	283
Bainbridge Intl Paper	190 ft	Mar 14	Apr 3	Nov 17	Nov 3	250
Baxley 5nnw	213 ft	Mar 15	Mar 31	Nov 18	Nov 3	250
Blairsville Exp Stn	1,949 ft	Apr 26	May 11	Oct 19	Oct 7	176
Brooklet 1 W	180 ft	Mar 7	Mar 27	Nov 21	Nov 5	257
Brunswick 23 S	25 ft	Feb 19	Mar 14	Dec 14	Nov 21	299
Brunswick Malcolm Mckinnon Ap	16 ft	Feb 9	Mar 6	Dec 26	Nov 30	312
Brunswick	13 ft	Feb 8	Mar 10	Dec 25	Nov 26	314
Cairo 1sw	201 ft	Mar 11	Mar 31	Nov 21	Nov 4	255
Camilla 3 Se	175 ft	Mar 10	Mar 28	Nov 18	Nov 1	254
Carrollton	995 ft	Mar 28	Apr 12	Nov 5	Oct 23	222
Cartersville Ap	763 ft	Apr 5	Apr 21	Nov 1	Oct 20	211
Cartersville	789 ft	Apr 11	Apr 26	Oct 26	Oct 13	197
Cedartown	785 ft	Mar 30	Apr 14	Nov 4	Oct 20	219
Chatsworth 2	710 ft	Apr 2	Apr 21	Nov 1	Oct 21	212
Chickamauga 2 Sw	799 ft	Mar 25	Apr 11	Nov 9	Oct 28	232
Chickamauga Pk Larc	782 ft	Apr 6	Apr 23	Oct 30	Oct 17	205
Clarkesville	1,370 ft	Apr 11	May 1	Oct 26	Oct 14	198
Clayton 1 Ssw	1,965 ft	Apr 10	May 1	Oct 29	Oct 15	203
Cleveland	1,567 ft	Apr 14	May 2	Oct 25	Oct 12	192
Columbus #2	435 ft	Mar 21	Apr 9	Nov 11	Oct 31	238
Columbus Metro Ap	392 ft	Mar 5	Mar 24	Nov 23	Nov 7	265
Commerce 4 Nnw	820 ft	Mar 31	Apr 14	Nov 6	Oct 23	222
Cordele	308 ft	Mar 13	Mar 31	Nov 14	Nov 1	248
Cornelia	1,470 ft	Mar 30	Apr 14	Nov 6	Oct 24	222
Covington	769 ft	Mar 22	Apr 6	Nov 14	Nov 1	238
Crisp Co Pwr Dam	245 ft	Mar 9	Mar 27	Nov 20	Nov 4	258
Cumming 2n	1,140 ft	Apr 4	Apr 19	Nov 4	Oct 23	214
Cuthbert	461 ft	Mar 21	Apr 7	Nov 13	Oct 30	236
Dallas 7 Ne	1,028 ft	Apr 2	Apr 19	Nov 4	Oct 23	218
Dalton	799 ft	Apr 2	Apr 21	Nov 4	Oct 22	214
Danielsville	780 ft	Mar 29	Apr 14	Nov 7	Oct 25	224
Donalsonville	150 ft	Mar 6	Mar 25	Nov 23	Nov 6	264
Douglas	233 ft	Mar 5	Mar 24	Nov 26	Nov 6	267
Dublin 2	200 ft	Mar 14	Apr 3	Nov 16	Oct 30	247
Dublin	230 ft	Mar 14	Apr 1	Nov 13	Nov 1	247
Eastman 1 W	400 ft	Mar 5	Mar 26	Nov 24	Nov 6	263
Elberton 2 N	540 ft	Apr 6	Apr 21	Oct 30	Oct 17	209
Experiment	934 ft	Mar 20	Apr 10	Nov 13	Oct 31	239
Fargo 17 Ne	124 ft	Feb 19	Mar 16	Dec 5	Nov 14	294
Fitzgerald	370 ft	Mar 2	Mar 22	Nov 25	Nov 6	268
Folkston 9 Sw	120 ft	Feb 26	Mar 21	Dec 7	Nov 16	285
Ft Benning Lawson Fld	289 ft	Mar 26	Apr 13	Nov 8	Oct 27	228
Ft Gaines 2	210 ft	Mar 13	Mar 28	Nov 21	Nov 4	256
Ft Stewart	92 ft	Mar 5	Mar 26	Nov 29	Nov 11	269
Gainesville Gilmer Ap	1,275 ft	Mar 20	Apr 6	Nov 14	Oct 31	239
Gainesville	1,170 ft	Mar 27	Apr 11	Nov 12	Oct 31	231
Georgetown 4 E	490 ft	Mar 15	Apr 4	Nov 18	Nov 2	250
Germany Valley	2,832 ft	Apr 10	Apr 30	Oct 26	Oct 15	199
Glennville 3nw	200 ft	Mar 9	Mar 30	Nov 24	Nov 5	258
Hartwell Dam	690 ft	Mar 25	Apr 10	Nov 12	Oct 30	235
Hartwell	805 ft	Mar 20	Apr 6	Nov 15	Nov 1	241
Hawkinsville	245 ft	Mar 20	Apr 6	Nov 12	Oct 31	239
Hazlehurst	250 ft	Mar 12	Mar 28	Nov 17	Nov 1	251
Helen	1,493 ft	Apr 11	May 3	Oct 28	Oct 13	197
Homerville 5 N	187 ft	Mar 11	Apr 3	Nov 17	Oct 31	253
Irwinton 4 Wnw	515 ft	Mar 12	Apr 1	Nov 19	Nov 3	255
Jasper 1 Nnw	1,465 ft	Mar 31	Apr 18	Nov 5	Oct 24	221
Jesup 8 S	100 ft	Mar 24	Apr 9	Nov 10	Oct 28	233
Jonesboro	930 ft	Mar 25	Apr 10	Nov 12	Oct 31	235
Kite	311 ft	Mar 21	Apr 10	Nov 8	Oct 25	233
La Grange 1n	730 ft	Mar 31	Apr 15	Nov 5	Oct 25	221
Leesburg 2	260 ft	Mar 12	Mar 30	Nov 19	Nov 3	253
Lexington	726 ft	Mar 31	Apr 13	Nov 6	Oct 26	221
Louisville 1 E	322 ft	Mar 25	Apr 9	Nov 7	Oct 25	227
Lumpkin 2 Se	485 ft	Apr 1	Apr 20	Nov 4	Oct 22	217
Mableton 1 N	980 ft	Mar 27	Apr 12	Nov 7	Oct 27	225
Macon Middle Ga Rgnl Ap	343 ft	Mar 21	Apr 7	Nov 10	Oct 29	235
Mcdonough 5 Ene	708 ft	Mar 31	Apr 16	Nov 6	Oct 24	220
Metter	120 ft	Mar 2	Mar 25	Nov 27	Nov 7	269
Midville Exp Stn	280 ft	Mar 18	Apr 4	Nov 11	Oct 28	237
Milledgeville	368 ft	Mar 25	Apr 9	Nov 9	Oct 29	231
Monticello	518 ft	Apr 4	Apr 20	Nov 1	Oct 20	211
Moultrie 2 Ese	340 ft	Mar 6	Mar 27	Nov 27	Nov 6	268
Mtn City 2 Sw	3,464 ft	Apr 18	May 4	Oct 25	Oct 13	191
Mulberry Grove	501 ft	Mar 21	Apr 13	Nov 18	Nov 1	243
Nahunta 6ne	68 ft	Mar 25	Apr 15	Nov 15	Oct 31	236
Newnan 7 Wnw	795 ft	Apr 3	Apr 18	Nov 2	Oct 22	214
Newton 11 Sw	156 ft	Mar 7	Mar 28	Nov 19	Nov 3	259
Newton 8 W	176 ft	Mar 11	Apr 1	Nov 13	Oct 29	245
Plains Sw Ga Exp Stn	500 ft	Mar 15	Apr 2	Nov 17	Nov 1	249
Pridgen	300 ft	Mar 12	Mar 29	Nov 17	Nov 1	252
Quitman 2 Nw	185 ft	Mar 11	Mar 31	Nov 18	Nov 1	253
Rocky Ford 4se	160 ft	Mar 14	Apr 5	Nov 15	Nov 1	248
Rome R B Russell Ap	639 ft	Mar 29	Apr 15	Nov 3	Oct 22	219
Rome	685 ft	Apr 1	Apr 19	Nov 3	Oct 22	217
Sandersville	451 ft	Mar 19	Apr 6	Nov 13	Nov 1	241
Sapelo Is	10 ft	Feb 20	Mar 16	Dec 19	Nov 23	298
Sautee 3w	1,591 ft	Apr 7	Apr 23	Nov 1	Oct 21	208
Savannah Intl Ap	46 ft	Mar 2	Mar 25	Nov 30	Nov 11	270
Siloam 3n	695 ft	Mar 27	Apr 13	Nov 8	Oct 25	226
Summerville	639 ft	Apr 7	Apr 23	Oct 30	Oct 18	204
Surrency	200 ft	Mar 17	Apr 8	Nov 16	Oct 28	245
Talbotton	620 ft	Apr 1	Apr 16	Nov 3	Oct 22	216
The Rock Rch	821 ft	Mar 18	Apr 6	Nov 14	Oct 31	239
Thomaston 4se	620 ft	Mar 23	Apr 11	Nov 12	Oct 31	234
Thomson 1.5se	542 ft	Mar 14	Mar 31	Nov 17	Nov 3	252
Tifton	380 ft	Mar 11	Mar 29	Nov 19	Nov 1	254
Toccoa	1,012 ft	Mar 23	Apr 9	Nov 11	Oct 29	233
U Of Ga Plt Sci	840 ft	Mar 27	Apr 12	Nov 8	Oct 26	228
Valdosta 2 S	265 ft	Mar 5	Mar 23	Nov 27	Nov 9	267
Valdosta Rgnl Ap	198 ft	Mar 10	Mar 31	Nov 21	Nov 3	259
W Pt	575 ft	Mar 26	Apr 15	Nov 9	Oct 27	229
Warner Robins	420 ft	Mar 11	Mar 31	Nov 19	Nov 4	256
Warrenton	490 ft	Mar 29	Apr 14	Nov 7	Oct 25	225
Washington 2 Ese	620 ft	Mar 22	Apr 6	Nov 13	Oct 31	237
Watkinsville 5 Sse	741 ft	Mar 24	Apr 12	Nov 12	Oct 31	234
Waycross 4 Ne	145 ft	Mar 15	Apr 3	Nov 17	Oct 31	246
Waynesboro 2 S	277 ft	Mar 21	Apr 8	Nov 9	Oct 28	233
Winder 4s	889 ft	Apr 3	Apr 17	Nov 7	Oct 27	219
Winterville	890 ft	Apr 2	Apr 16	Nov 2	Oct 21	217
Woodbine	16 ft	Mar 14	Apr 6	Nov 25	Nov 5	257

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Questions

When is the last frost in Georgia?

It depends on where you are. The typical last spring frost at Georgia's NOAA stations ranges from February 8 to April 26, and half of them have had it by March 21. Enter your ZIP code above for the station nearest you.

When is the first frost in Georgia?

Typically between October 19 and December 26, depending on the station; the median is November 12. Plan fall crops back from your own station's date.

What do "typical" and "safer" mean?

With the typical (50%) last-frost date, half of years still have a frost after it. With the safer (10%) date, only one year in ten does. In fall it's the other way around: the safer date is the earlier one.

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal, by station: freeze dates at 32 °F)

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