Springfield, GA 31303 Frost Dates
Springfield, GA: when does the frost end?
Around 03/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 186 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/30, roughly 270 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Springfield in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 13 weeks until Springfield's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Springfield's last frost
03/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Springfield against the rest of the dataset
Springfield's growing season runs about 270 days, ranking 5,578 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 35 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 31303's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Springfield can differ from the 31303 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Springfield's frost date answer different questions.