Cecil, GA 31627 Frost Dates
31627, near Cecil, GA: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/05, roughly 189 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/27, roughly 267 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cecil in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Cecil's growing season runs out in roughly 13 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/05 isn't a guarantee
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.
Cecil against the rest of the dataset
Cecil's growing season runs about 267 days, ranking 5,893 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 124 of 921.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 31627: local microclimates, on what one yard in Cecil can differ from the 31627 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 9a and Cecil's frost date answer different questions.