Sandy Springs, GA 30346 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Sandy Springs, GA, ZIP 30346
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.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Sandy Springs, not a forecast for this year.
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.
The actual range around Sandy Springs's last frost
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
Sandy Springs's growing season runs about 228 days, ranking 10,689 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 562 of 921.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Sandy Springs can differ from the 30346 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Sandy Springs's frost date answer different questions.