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Mount Airy, GA 30563 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Mount Airy, GA, ZIP 30563

Zone 8a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 198 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 Mount Airy, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 8a around Mount Airy 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 Mount Airy compares

At roughly 198 frost-free days, Mount Airy places 18,454 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 894 of 921.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Mount Airy's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Mount Airy's dates instead of trusting one.