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Ball Ground, GA 30107 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Ball Ground, GA, ZIP 30107

Zone 8a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/31, about 215 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 221 frost-free days later.

Ball Ground 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 Ball Ground 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

03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Ball Ground compares

About 221 days separate Ball Ground's last and first frost, putting it 12,513 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 734 of 921.

Learn more

local microclimates explains what one yard in Ball Ground can differ from the 30107 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Ball Ground's frost date answer different questions.