Clarkston, GA 30033 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Clarkston, GA, ZIP 30033
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/25, about 209 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 228 frost-free days later.
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 Clarkston, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Clarkston has about 10 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Clarkston compares
About 228 days separate Clarkston's last and first frost, putting it 10,772 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 625 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Clarkston's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Clarkston's dates instead of trusting one.