Lenox, GA 31637 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lenox, GA, ZIP 31637
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/11, roughly 195 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/19, about 254 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lenox 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 Lenox 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 Lenox's last frost
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lenox compares
About 254 days separate Lenox's last and first frost, putting it 7,046 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 219 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Lenox's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Lenox's dates instead of trusting one.