Doraville, GA 30360 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Doraville, GA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/25, roughly 209 days out. 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 Doraville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Doraville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Doraville'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 Doraville compares
Doraville's growing season runs about 228 days, ranking 10,775 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 627 of 921.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Doraville can differ from the 30360 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Doraville's frost date answer different questions.