Lakeland, GA 31635 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lakeland, GA, ZIP 31635
Around 03/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 195 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/17, about 253 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lakeland in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Lakeland has about 12 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Lakeland'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. 04/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lakeland compares
At roughly 253 frost-free days, Lakeland places 7,149 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 227 of 921.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Lakeland's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Lakeland can differ from the 31635 normal.