Augusta-Richmond County, GA 30999 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Augusta-Richmond County, GA, ZIP 30999
Around 02/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 183 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/04, about 283 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Augusta-Richmond County in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Augusta-Richmond County has about 14 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
02/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Augusta-Richmond County compares
About 283 days separate Augusta-Richmond County's last and first frost, putting it 4,729 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 23 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Augusta-Richmond County's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Augusta-Richmond County's dates instead of trusting one.