Woodstock, GA 30188 Frost Dates
Woodstock, GA: when does the frost end?
Around 04/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 217 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 215 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Woodstock 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
With roughly 10 weeks until Woodstock's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Woodstock against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 215 frost-free days, Woodstock places 14,022 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 831 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 30188's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Woodstock can differ from the 30188 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Woodstock's frost date answer different questions.