Forsyth, GA 31004 Frost Dates
Forsyth, GA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/21, about 205 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/10, roughly 235 days after the last spring frost.
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 Forsyth, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Forsyth's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/21 isn't a guarantee
03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Forsyth against the rest of the dataset
Forsyth's growing season runs about 235 days, ranking 9,602 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 432 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 31004's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Forsyth's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Forsyth can differ from the 31004 normal.