Albany, GA 31782 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Albany, GA, ZIP 31782
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/08, about 192 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/21, about 260 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 Albany, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Albany 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.
The actual range around Albany's last frost
03/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Albany compares
Albany's growing season runs about 260 days, ranking 6,468 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 144 of 921.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Albany's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Albany can differ from the 31782 normal.