Girard, GA 30426 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Girard, GA, ZIP 30426
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/21, about 205 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 233 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Girard 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
Zone 8b around Girard 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.
Why 03/21 isn't a guarantee
03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Girard compares
At roughly 233 frost-free days, Girard places 9,990 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 466 of 921.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Girard can differ from the 30426 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Girard's frost date answer different questions.