Jesup, GA 31546 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Jesup, GA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/24, roughly 208 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 233 frost-free days later.
Jesup 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 11 weeks of growing season left in Jesup before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Jesup's last frost
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Jesup compares
Jesup's growing season runs about 233 days, ranking 9,869 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 450 of 921.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Jesup's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Jesup can differ from the 31546 normal.