Dalton, GA 30740 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Dalton, GA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 214 frost-free days later.
Dalton 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Dalton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Dalton's last frost
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
Dalton's growing season runs about 214 days, ranking 14,225 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 844 of 921.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Dalton's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Dalton can differ from the 30740 normal.