Tallapoosa, GA 30176 Frost Dates
30176, near Tallapoosa, GA: the frost window
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 Tallapoosa 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
Tallapoosa'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.
Why 03/28 isn't a guarantee
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.
Tallapoosa against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 222 frost-free days, Tallapoosa places 12,261 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 714 of 921.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 30176: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and Tallapoosa's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Tallapoosa's dates instead of trusting one.