Bainbridge, GA 39817 Frost Dates
Bainbridge, GA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/14, about 198 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/17, roughly 250 days after the last spring frost.
Bainbridge 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Bainbridge'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
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bainbridge against the rest of the dataset
About 250 days separate Bainbridge's last and first frost, putting it 7,499 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 278 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 39817's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Bainbridge's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Bainbridge's dates instead of trusting one.