Frost dates / Georgia / Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance)

Frost dates in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA

The station on this page is AUGUSTA BUSH FLD AP, GA US (USW00003820), 6.4 miles from the city point. Population in the Census 2024 estimate is 201,737.

Zone 8bUSDA average annual extreme minimum 15°F to 20°F, from ZIP 30812 (2.6 miles from the city point used on this page).

Median last 32°F is March 23. Median first 32°F is November 9. The 50% growing-season length is 232 days. The green band runs from the median last frost to the median first frost. Thin ticks mark the 10%, 50%, and 90% dates.

Outside the median season Growing seasonTicks: 10%, 50%, and 90%

Last 32°F in spring

NCEI’s probability is the chance the last spring minimum of 32°F or lower occurs on or after the date.

ProbabilityDateHow to read it
90%February 28Earlier date. A last 32°F on or after this day is common.
50%March 23Median.
10%April 9Later date. A last 32°F on or after this day is uncommon.

First 32°F in fall

NCEI’s probability is the chance the first autumn minimum of 32°F or lower occurs on or before the date.

ProbabilityDateHow to read it
10%October 28Earlier date. A first 32°F on or before this day is uncommon.
50%November 9Median.
90%November 27Later date. A first 32°F on or before this day is common.

32°F growing-season length

Days between the last spring 32°F and the first autumn 32°F. The figure is a length the season meets or exceeds at that probability, from NCEI, not a subtraction done on this site.

Probability the season is at least this longDays
10%258
50%232
90%210

28°F threshold

10%50%90%
Last, on or afterMarch 28March 8February 13
First, on or beforeNovember 6November 24December 19
Season at least295 days261 days234 days

36°F threshold

10%50%90%
Last, on or afterApril 20April 5March 18
First, on or beforeOctober 18November 1November 12
Season at least232 days210 days189 days

Station AUGUSTA BUSH FLD AP, GA US (USW00003820). Completeness flag S, 30 years used for the 32°F dates. NCEI’s annual probability of at least one day at or below 32°F is 100%. Freeze dates are conditional on that threshold occurring. Elevation 40.2 m. The same probability language applies to the 28°F and 36°F rows when those dates passed the same quality checks.

Planting calendar for Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance) · Zone 8b

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Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA

Zone 8bAverage annual extreme minimum 15°F to 20°F

Median last 32°F is March 23. Median first 32°F is November 9. The 50% growing-season length is 232 days. The green band runs from the median last frost to the median first frost. Thin ticks mark the 10%, 50%, and 90% dates.

Outside the median season Growing seasonTicks: 10%, 50%, and 90%

Georgia. Nearest qualified station: AUGUSTA BUSH FLD AP, GA US (USW00003820), 6.4 miles. Median last 32°F March 23. Median first 32°F November 9. The 50% growing-season length is 232 days.

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32°F probabilities at this station
10%50%90%
Last 32°F on or afterApril 9March 23February 28
First 32°F on or beforeOctober 28November 9November 27

Column order matches the NCEI file: for the last freeze, 10% is the later date and 90% is the earlier date. How to read the probabilities.

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Planting calendar

Windows below are from UGA Cooperative Extension, Vegetable Gardening in Georgia, Circular 963, retrieved 2026-10-10. Circular 963, revised June 2023, prints one vegetable planting chart for the state. It does not give separate dates for North, Middle, and South Georgia. Where several cultivar rows share a crop name, the page uses the dates those rows print in common and names the row when a date differs.

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