Athens-Clarke County, GA 30608 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Athens-Clarke County, GA, ZIP 30608
Around 03/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 207 days away. 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 Athens-Clarke County, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b 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.
The actual range around Athens-Clarke County's last frost
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
About 232 days separate Athens-Clarke County's last and first frost, putting it 10,022 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 475 of 921.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Athens-Clarke County can differ from the 30608 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Athens-Clarke County's frost date answer different questions.