Douglas, GA 31535 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Douglas, GA, ZIP 31535
Around 03/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 189 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/26, about 267 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Douglas, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Douglas has about 13 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 03/05 isn't a guarantee
03/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Douglas compares
At roughly 267 frost-free days, Douglas places 5,843 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 113 of 921.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Douglas's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Douglas can differ from the 31535 normal.