FrostDateCheck

Newnan, GA 30263 Frost Dates

Newnan, GA: when does the frost end?

Zone 8a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/03, about 218 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 214 days after the last spring frost.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Newnan 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 9 weeks until Newnan's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.

The actual range around Newnan's last frost

04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/16 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.

Newnan against the rest of the dataset

Newnan's growing season runs about 214 days, ranking 14,215 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 837 of 921.

Learn more

Before leaning on 30263's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Newnan's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Newnan can differ from the 30263 normal.