Bostwick, GA 30623 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bostwick, GA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/24, roughly 208 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 234 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Bostwick, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Bostwick before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Bostwick's last frost
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bostwick compares
About 234 days separate Bostwick's last and first frost, putting it 9,808 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 445 of 921.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Bostwick's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Bostwick can differ from the 30623 normal.