Rome, GA 30164 Frost Dates
30164, near Rome, GA: the frost window
Around 03/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 213 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/03, roughly 219 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Rome 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
Rome's growing season runs out in roughly 10 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Rome against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 219 frost-free days, Rome places 12,961 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 762 of 921.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 30164: local microclimates, on what one yard in Rome can differ from the 30164 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and Rome's frost date answer different questions.