Barnesville, GA 30204 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Barnesville, GA, ZIP 30204
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/18, roughly 202 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 239 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Barnesville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Barnesville has about 11 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.
Why 03/18 isn't a guarantee
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Barnesville compares
About 239 days separate Barnesville's last and first frost, putting it 8,814 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 356 of 921.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Barnesville can differ from the 30204 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Barnesville's frost date answer different questions.