Athens-Clarke County, GA 30604 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Athens-Clarke County, GA, ZIP 30604
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 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 Athens-Clarke County, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Athens-Clarke County 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 Athens-Clarke County compares
Athens-Clarke County's growing season runs about 232 days, ranking 10,018 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 471 of 921.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Athens-Clarke County can differ from the 30604 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Athens-Clarke County's frost date answer different questions.