Tifton, GA 31794 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Tifton, GA, ZIP 31794
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/11, roughly 195 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/19, about 254 frost-free days later.
Tifton 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Tifton 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 02/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tifton compares
About 254 days separate Tifton's last and first frost, putting it 7,005 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 210 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Tifton's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Tifton's dates instead of trusting one.