Darien, GA 31305 Frost Dates
Darien, GA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/20, about 176 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/19, roughly 298 days after the last spring frost.
Darien sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 16 weeks until Darien's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Darien's last frost
02/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Darien against the rest of the dataset
Darien's growing season runs about 298 days, ranking 4,214 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 11 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 31305's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Darien's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Darien can differ from the 31305 normal.