Clarkesville, GA 30523 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Clarkesville, GA, ZIP 30523
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/11, roughly 226 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 198 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Clarkesville in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 8a around Clarkesville has about 8 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 04/11 isn't a guarantee
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Clarkesville compares
At roughly 198 frost-free days, Clarkesville places 18,449 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 893 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Clarkesville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Clarkesville's dates instead of trusting one.