Mount Zion, GA 30182 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mount Zion, GA, ZIP 30182
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/28, about 212 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 222 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mount Zion in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Mount Zion 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
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/07 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 Mount Zion compares
At roughly 222 frost-free days, Mount Zion places 12,271 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 719 of 921.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Mount Zion's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Mount Zion can differ from the 30182 normal.