Albany, GA 31701 Frost Dates
Albany, GA: when does the frost end?
Around 03/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 194 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/20, roughly 257 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Albany 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
With roughly 12 weeks until Albany's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Albany's last frost
03/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Albany against the rest of the dataset
Albany's growing season runs about 257 days, ranking 6,672 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 155 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 31701's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Albany can differ from the 31701 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Albany's frost date answer different questions.