Fort Valley, GA 31030 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fort Valley, GA, ZIP 31030
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/11, roughly 195 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/19, about 256 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fort Valley 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 Fort Valley has about 12 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 Fort Valley's last frost
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fort Valley compares
Fort Valley's growing season runs about 256 days, ranking 6,807 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 171 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Fort Valley's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Fort Valley's dates instead of trusting one.