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Rebecca, GA 31783 Frost Dates

31783, near Rebecca, GA: the frost window

Zone 9a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/11, about 195 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/20, roughly 256 days after the last spring frost.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Rebecca 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

Rebecca's growing season runs out in roughly 12 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.

How much risk comes with planting early here

03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/19 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.

Rebecca against the rest of the dataset

About 256 days separate Rebecca's last and first frost, putting it 6,852 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 191 of 921.

Learn more

Two guides worth reading on 31783: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 9a and Rebecca's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Rebecca's dates instead of trusting one.