Darien, GA 31525 Frost Dates
Darien, GA: when does the frost end?
Around 02/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 165 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/26, roughly 312 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Darien in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 17 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
02/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Darien against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 312 frost-free days, Darien places 3,505 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 8 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 31525's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Darien can differ from the 31525 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Darien's frost date answer different questions.