Waycross, GA 31564 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Waycross, GA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/15, about 199 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/17, about 246 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 Waycross, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Waycross before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Waycross compares
At roughly 246 frost-free days, Waycross places 7,922 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 330 of 921.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Waycross can differ from the 31564 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Waycross's frost date answer different questions.