Carrollton, GA 30119 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Carrollton, GA?
Around 03/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 212 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 222 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 Carrollton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Carrollton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Carrollton's last frost
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/07 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 Carrollton compares
About 222 days separate Carrollton's last and first frost, putting it 12,209 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 705 of 921.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Carrollton can differ from the 30119 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Carrollton's frost date answer different questions.