Nicholls, GA 31554 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Nicholls, GA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/11, about 195 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 256 frost-free days later.
Nicholls 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 12 weeks of growing season left in Nicholls before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Nicholls's last frost
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Nicholls compares
At roughly 256 frost-free days, Nicholls places 6,822 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 182 of 921.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Nicholls's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Nicholls can differ from the 31554 normal.