Odum, GA 31555 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Odum, GA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/17, roughly 201 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 245 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 Odum, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Odum before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 03/17 isn't a guarantee
03/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Odum compares
At roughly 245 frost-free days, Odum places 8,065 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 338 of 921.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Odum can differ from the 31555 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Odum's frost date answer different questions.