Perry, GA 31069 Frost Dates
Perry, GA: when does the frost end?
Around 03/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 195 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/19, roughly 256 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Perry, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Perry's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Perry against the rest of the dataset
About 256 days separate Perry's last and first frost, putting it 6,795 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 169 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 31069's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Perry's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Perry can differ from the 31069 normal.