Meigs, GA 31765 Frost Dates
Meigs, GA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/10, roughly 194 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/18, roughly 254 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Meigs in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Meigs's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Meigs's last frost
03/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Meigs against the rest of the dataset
About 254 days separate Meigs's last and first frost, putting it 7,043 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 218 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 31765's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Meigs's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Meigs's dates instead of trusting one.