Lexington, GA 30648 Frost Dates
Lexington, GA: when does the frost end?
Around 03/31 is the usual last spring frost, about 215 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/06, roughly 221 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lexington in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Lexington's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Lexington's last frost
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lexington against the rest of the dataset
Lexington's growing season runs about 221 days, ranking 12,603 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 751 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 30648's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Lexington's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Lexington's dates instead of trusting one.