Resaca, GA 30746 Frost Dates
Resaca, GA: when does the frost end?
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
With roughly 10 weeks until Resaca's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
At roughly 214 frost-free days, Resaca places 14,282 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 847 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 30746's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Resaca can differ from the 30746 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Resaca's frost date answer different questions.