Augusta-Richmond County, GA 30906 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Augusta-Richmond County, GA, ZIP 30906
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/23, about 207 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 232 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Augusta-Richmond County, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Augusta-Richmond County has about 10 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.
The actual range around Augusta-Richmond County's last frost
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Augusta-Richmond County compares
Augusta-Richmond County's growing season runs about 232 days, ranking 10,014 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 467 of 921.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Augusta-Richmond County can differ from the 30906 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Augusta-Richmond County's frost date answer different questions.