Hawkinsville, GA 31036 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Hawkinsville, GA?
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.
Hawkinsville 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 12 weeks of growing season left in Hawkinsville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Hawkinsville'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 Hawkinsville compares
Hawkinsville's growing season runs about 256 days, ranking 6,815 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 175 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Hawkinsville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Hawkinsville's dates instead of trusting one.