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Geneva, GA 31810 Frost Dates

Geneva, GA: when does the frost end?

Zone 8b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/03, roughly 216 days after the last spring frost.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Geneva in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 10 weeks until Geneva's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.

The actual range around Geneva's last frost

04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Geneva against the rest of the dataset

About 216 days separate Geneva's last and first frost, putting it 13,942 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 830 of 921.

Learn more

Before leaning on 31810's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Geneva can differ from the 31810 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Geneva's frost date answer different questions.