Nicholson, GA 30565 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Nicholson, GA, ZIP 30565
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/23, about 207 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 232 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Nicholson, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Nicholson 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Nicholson compares
At roughly 232 frost-free days, Nicholson places 10,054 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 484 of 921.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Nicholson can differ from the 30565 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Nicholson's frost date answer different questions.