Avondale Estates, GA 30002 Frost Dates
Avondale Estates, GA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/25, roughly 209 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/09, roughly 228 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Avondale Estates, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Avondale Estates's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/25 isn't a guarantee
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Avondale Estates against the rest of the dataset
About 228 days separate Avondale Estates's last and first frost, putting it 10,813 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 632 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 30002's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Avondale Estates can differ from the 30002 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Avondale Estates's frost date answer different questions.