Bowman, GA 30634 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bowman, GA, ZIP 30634
Around 04/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 221 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 209 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 Bowman, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Bowman has about 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bowman compares
At roughly 209 frost-free days, Bowman places 15,336 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 874 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Bowman's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bowman's dates instead of trusting one.