Dalton, GA 30719 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Dalton, GA, ZIP 30719
Around 04/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 217 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 214 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 Dalton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Dalton 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Dalton compares
About 214 days separate Dalton's last and first frost, putting it 14,221 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 840 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Dalton's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Dalton's dates instead of trusting one.