Carrollton, GA 30118 Frost Dates
Carrollton, GA: when does the frost end?
Around 03/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 212 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/05, roughly 222 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Carrollton in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Carrollton'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
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/07 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.
Carrollton against the rest of the dataset
About 222 days separate Carrollton's last and first frost, putting it 12,208 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 704 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 30118's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Carrollton can differ from the 30118 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Carrollton's frost date answer different questions.