Barwick, GA 31720 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Barwick, GA, ZIP 31720
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/11, about 195 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/18, about 253 frost-free days later.
Barwick 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 Barwick 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Barwick compares
At roughly 253 frost-free days, Barwick places 7,184 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 238 of 921.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Barwick can differ from the 31720 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Barwick's frost date answer different questions.