Winder, GA 30680 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Winder, GA, ZIP 30680
Around 04/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 218 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 219 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 Winder, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Winder has about 10 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 Winder's last frost
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Winder compares
About 219 days separate Winder's last and first frost, putting it 12,971 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 766 of 921.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Winder can differ from the 30680 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Winder's frost date answer different questions.