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Trenton, GA 30738 Frost Dates

30738, near Trenton, GA: the frost window

Zone 7b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/25, about 209 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/09, roughly 232 days after the last spring frost.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Trenton in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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

Trenton'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 03/25 isn't a guarantee

03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Trenton against the rest of the dataset

At roughly 232 frost-free days, Trenton places 10,052 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 482 of 921.

Learn more

Two guides worth reading on 30738: local microclimates, on what one yard in Trenton can differ from the 30738 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7b and Trenton's frost date answer different questions.