Thomasville, GA 31758 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Thomasville, GA, ZIP 31758
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/11, about 195 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/21, about 255 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 Thomasville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Thomasville 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 02/20 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 Thomasville compares
Thomasville's growing season runs about 255 days, ranking 6,900 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 194 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Thomasville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Thomasville's dates instead of trusting one.