College Park, GA 30337 Frost Dates
When can you plant in College Park, GA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/15, roughly 199 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 252 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts College Park in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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
About 12 weeks of growing season left in College Park before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around College Park's last frost
03/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How College Park compares
About 252 days separate College Park's last and first frost, putting it 7,215 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 252 of 921.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in College Park can differ from the 30337 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and College Park's frost date answer different questions.