Cobbtown, GA 30420 Frost Dates
Cobbtown, GA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/02, about 186 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/27, roughly 269 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cobbtown in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 13 weeks until Cobbtown's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/02 isn't a guarantee
03/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cobbtown against the rest of the dataset
About 269 days separate Cobbtown's last and first frost, putting it 5,694 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 83 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 30420's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Cobbtown can differ from the 30420 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Cobbtown's frost date answer different questions.