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Dillard, GA 30568 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Dillard, GA, ZIP 30568

Zone 7b

Around 04/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 233 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 191 frost-free days later.

Dillard sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 7b around Dillard 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.

How much risk comes with planting early here

04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Dillard compares

At roughly 191 frost-free days, Dillard places 20,907 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 911 of 921.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Dillard's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Dillard can differ from the 30568 normal.