Mableton, GA 30168 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mableton, GA, ZIP 30168
Around 03/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 211 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 225 frost-free days later.
Mableton 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 Mableton 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
03/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/09 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 Mableton compares
About 225 days separate Mableton's last and first frost, putting it 11,343 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 671 of 921.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Mableton's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Mableton can differ from the 30168 normal.