Homeland, GA 31537 Frost Dates
31537, near Homeland, GA: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/26, roughly 182 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/07, roughly 285 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Homeland 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
Homeland's growing season runs out in roughly 14 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 02/26 isn't a guarantee
02/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Homeland against the rest of the dataset
About 285 days separate Homeland's last and first frost, putting it 4,652 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 17 of 921.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 31537: the frost range, on how to read the range around Homeland's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Homeland can differ from the 31537 normal.