Sky Valley, GA 28775 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Sky Valley, GA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 167 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Sky Valley, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Sky Valley before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Sky Valley's last frost
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sky Valley compares
About 167 days separate Sky Valley's last and first frost, putting it 30,145 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 921 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Sky Valley's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Sky Valley's dates instead of trusting one.