Ila, GA 30633 Frost Dates
30633, near Ila, GA: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 217 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ila 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
Ila's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ila against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 217 frost-free days, Ila places 13,608 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 809 of 921.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 30633: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and Ila's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Ila's dates instead of trusting one.