Ambrose, GA 31798 Frost Dates
Ambrose, GA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/12, about 196 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/17, roughly 252 days after the last spring frost.
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 Ambrose, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Ambrose's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/20 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.
Ambrose against the rest of the dataset
About 252 days separate Ambrose's last and first frost, putting it 7,262 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 263 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 31798's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Ambrose can differ from the 31798 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Ambrose's frost date answer different questions.