Frost dates / Georgia / Valdosta

Frost dates in Valdosta, GA

The station on this page is VALDOSTA 2 S, GA US (USC00098974), 3.1 miles from the city point. Population in the Census 2024 estimate is 55,667.

Zone 9aUSDA average annual extreme minimum 20°F to 25°F, from ZIP 31698 (0.6 miles from the city point used on this page).

Median last 32°F is March 5. Median first 32°F is November 27. The 50% growing-season length is 267 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.

Probability	Date	How to read it
90%	February 9	Earlier date. A last 32°F on or after this day is common.
50%	March 5	Median.
10%	March 23	Later 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.

Probability	Date	How to read it
10%	November 9	Earlier date. A first 32°F on or before this day is uncommon.
50%	November 27	Median.
90%	December 21	Later 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 long	Days
10%	298
50%	267
90%	241

28°F threshold

	10%	50%	90%
Last, on or after	March 12	February 16	January 21
First, on or before	November 22	December 16	January 16
Season at least	336 days	301 days	266 days

36°F threshold

	10%	50%	90%
Last, on or after	April 6	March 19	February 28
First, on or before	November 1	November 16	December 2
Season at least	267 days	239 days	216 days

Station VALDOSTA 2 S, GA US (USC00098974). Completeness flag R, 13 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 80.8 m. The same probability language applies to the 28°F and 36°F rows when those dates passed the same quality checks.

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Valdosta, GA

Zone 9aAverage annual extreme minimum 20°F to 25°F

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

Georgia. Nearest qualified station: VALDOSTA 2 S, GA US (USC00098974), 3.1 miles. Median last 32°F March 5. Median first 32°F November 27. The 50% growing-season length is 267 days.

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32°F probabilities at this station

	10%	50%	90%
Last 32°F on or after	March 23	March 5	February 9
First 32°F on or before	November 9	November 27	December 21

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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