Albany, GA 31702 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Albany, GA, ZIP 31702
Around 03/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 192 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/21, about 260 frost-free days later.
Albany 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Albany 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.
Why 03/08 isn't a guarantee
03/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Albany compares
About 260 days separate Albany's last and first frost, putting it 6,463 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 139 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Albany's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Albany's dates instead of trusting one.