Dasher, GA 31606 Frost Dates
Dasher, GA: when does the frost end?
Around 03/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 189 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/27, roughly 267 days after the last spring frost.
Dasher 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 13 weeks until Dasher's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Dasher against the rest of the dataset
Dasher's growing season runs about 267 days, ranking 5,880 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 123 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 31606's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Dasher's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Dasher's dates instead of trusting one.