Enigma, GA 31749 Frost Dates
Enigma, GA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/11, about 195 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/19, roughly 254 days after the last spring frost.
Enigma 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 12 weeks until Enigma's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Enigma's last frost
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Enigma against the rest of the dataset
Enigma's growing season runs about 254 days, ranking 7,041 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 217 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 31749's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Enigma's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Enigma's dates instead of trusting one.