Stapleton, GA 30823 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Stapleton, GA, ZIP 30823
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/29, about 213 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 225 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Stapleton in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Stapleton has about 10 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Stapleton's last frost
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Stapleton compares
At roughly 225 frost-free days, Stapleton places 11,469 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 695 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Stapleton's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Stapleton's dates instead of trusting one.