Kite, GA 31049 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Kite, GA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/18, roughly 202 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 237 frost-free days later.
Kite 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 11 weeks of growing season left in Kite before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 03/18 isn't a guarantee
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Kite compares
At roughly 237 frost-free days, Kite places 9,176 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 388 of 921.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Kite's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Kite can differ from the 31049 normal.