Buford, GA 30519 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Buford, GA, ZIP 30519
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/20, about 204 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 239 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 Buford, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Buford has about 11 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 03/20 isn't a guarantee
03/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Buford compares
About 239 days separate Buford's last and first frost, putting it 8,793 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 352 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Buford's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Buford's dates instead of trusting one.