Gordon, GA 31031 Frost Dates
31031, near Gordon, GA: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/12, roughly 196 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/19, roughly 255 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gordon in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Gordon's growing season runs out in roughly 12 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/12 isn't a guarantee
03/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/18 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.
Gordon against the rest of the dataset
About 255 days separate Gordon's last and first frost, putting it 6,950 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 199 of 921.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 31031: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8b and Gordon's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Gordon's dates instead of trusting one.