Waverly Hall, GA 31831 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Waverly Hall, GA?
Around 04/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 216 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 216 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Waverly Hall, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Waverly Hall before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Waverly Hall compares
About 216 days separate Waverly Hall's last and first frost, putting it 13,866 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 821 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Waverly Hall's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Waverly Hall's dates instead of trusting one.