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Meansville, GA 30285 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Meansville, GA?

Zone 8b

Around 03/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 202 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 239 frost-free days later.

Meansville sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.

What to do before the first frost

About 11 weeks of growing season left in Meansville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

How much risk comes with planting early here

03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Meansville compares

About 239 days separate Meansville's last and first frost, putting it 8,891 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 370 of 921.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Meansville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Meansville can differ from the 30285 normal.