Tifton, GA 31727 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Tifton, GA?
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.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Tifton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Tifton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Tifton'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 Tifton compares
About 254 days separate Tifton's last and first frost, putting it 7,002 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 207 of 921.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Tifton can differ from the 31727 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Tifton's frost date answer different questions.