Frost Dates in Georgia

Across 126 NOAA weather stations in Georgia, the average last spring frost falls between February 8 at Brunswick and April 26 at Blairsville Exp Stn. At a typical Georgia station it is around March 21, with the first fall frost around November 12 and a frost-free season of about 237 days.

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A typical Georgia season

What shapes frost dates in Georgia

The frost-free season ranges from 176 days at Blairsville Exp Stn to 314 days at Brunswick.
Elevation matters: Mtn City 2 SW, at 3,464 ft, averages its last frost on April 18, while Sapelo Is, at 10 ft, averages February 20.
Gardens in valleys and low spots, where cold air settles, often frost a week or more later in spring than the nearest station.

Frost dates at major airports

Station	Last frost	Safer date	First frost	Season (days)
Albany SW Ga Rgnl Airport	Mar 8	Mar 27	Nov 21	260
Alma Bacon Co Airport	Mar 11	Mar 30	Nov 20	256
Athens Ben Epps Airport	Mar 23	Apr 10	Nov 10	232
Atlanta	Mar 26	Apr 13	Nov 6	226
Atlanta Fulton Co Airport	Mar 24	Apr 10	Nov 8	231
Atlanta Hartsfield Intl Airport	Mar 15	Apr 4	Nov 20	252
Atlanta Peachtree Airport	Mar 25	Apr 12	Nov 9	228
Augusta Bush Fld Airport	Mar 23	Apr 9	Nov 9	232
Augusta Daniel Fld Airport	Feb 27	Mar 19	Dec 4	283
Brunswick 23 S	Feb 19	Mar 14	Dec 14	299
Brunswick Malcolm Mckinnon Airport	Feb 9	Mar 6	Dec 26	312
Cartersville Airport	Apr 5	Apr 21	Nov 1	211
Columbus Metro Airport	Mar 5	Mar 24	Nov 23	265
Ft Benning Lawson Fld	Mar 26	Apr 13	Nov 8	228
Gainesville Gilmer Airport	Mar 20	Apr 6	Nov 14	239
Macon Middle Ga Rgnl Airport	Mar 21	Apr 7	Nov 10	235
Newton 11 SW	Mar 7	Mar 28	Nov 19	259
Newton 8 W	Mar 11	Apr 1	Nov 13	245
Rome R B Russell Airport	Mar 29	Apr 15	Nov 3	219
Savannah Intl Airport	Mar 2	Mar 25	Nov 30	270
Valdosta Rgnl Airport	Mar 10	Mar 31	Nov 21	259
Watkinsville 5 SSE	Mar 24	Apr 12	Nov 12	234

All 126 weather stations in Georgia

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

Last frost and first frost are averages (a 50% chance of frost later in spring or earlier in fall). Safer date is the spring date with only a 10% chance of a later frost.

Using these dates

Plant hardy crops like peas and spinach several weeks before your last frost, and tender crops like tomatoes and peppers after it, once nights stay above 50°F. The Seed Starting Calculator turns your frost date into sowing and planting dates, and When to Plant Tomatoes explains the timing in detail.

Data: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, 32°F threshold.

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What shapes frost dates in Georgia

Frost dates at major airports

All 126 weather stations in Georgia

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