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Dublin, GA 31021 Frost Dates

31021, near Dublin, GA: the frost window

Zone 8b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/14, about 198 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/13, roughly 247 days after the last spring frost.

Dublin 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

Dublin's growing season runs out in roughly 11 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.

Why 03/14 isn't a guarantee

03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Dublin against the rest of the dataset

At roughly 247 frost-free days, Dublin places 7,810 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 312 of 921.

Learn more

Two guides worth reading on 31021: local microclimates, on what one yard in Dublin can differ from the 31021 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8b and Dublin's frost date answer different questions.