Buckhead, GA 30625 Frost Dates
Buckhead, GA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/24, roughly 208 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/12, roughly 234 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Buckhead in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Buckhead'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
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Buckhead against the rest of the dataset
Buckhead's growing season runs about 234 days, ranking 9,817 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 448 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 30625's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Buckhead's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Buckhead can differ from the 30625 normal.