Summerville, GA 30747 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Summerville, GA?
Around 04/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 222 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 204 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 Summerville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Summerville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Summerville's last frost
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Summerville compares
About 204 days separate Summerville's last and first frost, putting it 16,587 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 884 of 921.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Summerville can differ from the 30747 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Summerville's frost date answer different questions.