Milledgeville, GA 31034 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Milledgeville, GA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/25, about 209 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 231 frost-free days later.
Milledgeville 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 Milledgeville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Milledgeville compares
At roughly 231 frost-free days, Milledgeville places 10,152 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 547 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Milledgeville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Milledgeville's dates instead of trusting one.