Columbus, GA 31914 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Columbus, GA, ZIP 31914
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/05, about 189 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/23, about 265 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Columbus in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Columbus 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.
The actual range around Columbus's last frost
03/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Columbus compares
At roughly 265 frost-free days, Columbus places 5,954 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 132 of 921.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Columbus's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Columbus can differ from the 31914 normal.