Dahlonega, GA 30597 Frost Dates
Dahlonega, GA: when does the frost end?
Around 04/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 229 days away. 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
With roughly 8 weeks until Dahlonega's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Dahlonega places 20,241 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 904 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 30597's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Dahlonega's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Dahlonega's dates instead of trusting one.