Wadley, GA 30477 Frost Dates
Wadley, GA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/25, about 209 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 227 days after the last spring frost.
Wadley sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Wadley's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/25 isn't a guarantee
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wadley against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 227 frost-free days, Wadley places 11,027 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 648 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 30477's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Wadley can differ from the 30477 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Wadley's frost date answer different questions.