Nelson, GA 30177 Frost Dates
30177, near Nelson, GA: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/31, about 215 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/05, roughly 221 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Nelson 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
Nelson'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 03/31 isn't a guarantee
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Nelson against the rest of the dataset
About 221 days separate Nelson's last and first frost, putting it 12,539 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 740 of 921.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 30177: the frost range, on how to read the range around Nelson's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Nelson can differ from the 30177 normal.