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Guyton, GA 31312 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Guyton, GA?

Zone 9a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/02, about 186 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/30, about 270 frost-free days later.

Guyton 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.

What to do before the first frost

About 13 weeks of growing season left in Guyton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Guyton's last frost

03/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Guyton compares

About 270 days separate Guyton's last and first frost, putting it 5,585 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 41 of 921.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Guyton's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Guyton can differ from the 31312 normal.