Jakin, GA 39861 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Jakin, GA, ZIP 39861
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/01, roughly 185 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/27, about 270 frost-free days later.
Jakin 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Jakin has about 13 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 Jakin's last frost
03/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Jakin compares
At roughly 270 frost-free days, Jakin places 5,646 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 59 of 921.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Jakin can differ from the 39861 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Jakin's frost date answer different questions.