Resaca, GA 30735 Frost Dates
30735, near Resaca, GA: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 214 days after the last spring frost.
Resaca sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Resaca's growing season runs out in roughly 10 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/02 isn't a guarantee
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Resaca against the rest of the dataset
Resaca's growing season runs about 214 days, ranking 14,281 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 846 of 921.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 30735: the frost range, on how to read the range around Resaca's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Resaca can differ from the 30735 normal.