Dahlonega, GA 30533 Frost Dates
30533, near Dahlonega, GA: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/14, about 229 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 192 days after the last spring frost.
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 Dahlonega, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Dahlonega's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/14 isn't a guarantee
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Dahlonega against the rest of the dataset
Dahlonega's growing season runs about 192 days, ranking 20,240 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 903 of 921.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 30533: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and Dahlonega's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Dahlonega's dates instead of trusting one.