Lavonia, GA 29643 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lavonia, GA, ZIP 29643
Around 03/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 205 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 236 frost-free days later.
Lavonia sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 8a around Lavonia has about 11 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 Lavonia's last frost
03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lavonia compares
About 236 days separate Lavonia's last and first frost, putting it 9,431 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 390 of 921.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Lavonia can differ from the 29643 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Lavonia's frost date answer different questions.