Clarkston, GA 30021 Frost Dates
Clarkston, GA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/25, about 209 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/09, roughly 228 days after the last spring frost.
Clarkston 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Clarkston's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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.
Clarkston against the rest of the dataset
About 228 days separate Clarkston's last and first frost, putting it 10,771 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 624 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 30021's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Clarkston can differ from the 30021 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Clarkston's frost date answer different questions.