Ray City, GA 31645 Frost Dates
Ray City, GA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/05, about 189 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/27, roughly 267 days after the last spring frost.
Ray City 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 Ray City's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
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.
Ray City against the rest of the dataset
Ray City's growing season runs about 267 days, ranking 5,873 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 121 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 31645's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Ray City's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Ray City's dates instead of trusting one.