Forsyth, GA 31086 Frost Dates
31086, near Forsyth, GA: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/18, about 202 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/14, roughly 239 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 Forsyth, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Forsyth's growing season runs out in roughly 11 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/18 isn't a guarantee
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Forsyth against the rest of the dataset
About 239 days separate Forsyth's last and first frost, putting it 8,820 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 358 of 921.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 31086: the frost range, on how to read the range around Forsyth's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Forsyth can differ from the 31086 normal.