Cochran, GA 31014 Frost Dates
Cochran, GA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/11, roughly 195 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/19, roughly 256 days after the last spring frost.
Cochran sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Cochran's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Cochran's last frost
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cochran against the rest of the dataset
Cochran's growing season runs about 256 days, ranking 6,816 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 176 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 31014's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Cochran's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Cochran's dates instead of trusting one.