Eatonton, GA 31024 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Eatonton, GA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/25, roughly 209 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 231 frost-free days later.
Eatonton 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Eatonton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Eatonton's last frost
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/03 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 Eatonton compares
About 231 days separate Eatonton's last and first frost, putting it 10,177 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 552 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Eatonton's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Eatonton's dates instead of trusting one.