Sandy Springs, GA 30328 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Sandy Springs, GA, ZIP 30328
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/25, about 209 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 228 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sandy Springs 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 Sandy Springs 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
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/05 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 Sandy Springs compares
At roughly 228 frost-free days, Sandy Springs places 10,688 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 561 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Sandy Springs's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Sandy Springs's dates instead of trusting one.