Macon-Bibb County, GA 31201 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Macon-Bibb County, GA, ZIP 31201
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/21, roughly 205 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 235 frost-free days later.
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 Macon-Bibb County, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Macon-Bibb County has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 03/21 isn't a guarantee
03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Macon-Bibb County compares
At roughly 235 frost-free days, Macon-Bibb County places 9,535 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 397 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Macon-Bibb County's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Macon-Bibb County's dates instead of trusting one.