Jasper, GA 30143 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Jasper, GA, ZIP 30143
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.
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 Jasper, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Jasper 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.
The actual range around Jasper's last frost
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 Jasper compares
About 221 days separate Jasper's last and first frost, putting it 12,499 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 732 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Jasper's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Jasper's dates instead of trusting one.