Sparks, GA 31647 Frost Dates
Sparks, GA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/11, roughly 195 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/19, roughly 254 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sparks in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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
With roughly 12 weeks until Sparks's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Sparks's last frost
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Sparks against the rest of the dataset
About 254 days separate Sparks's last and first frost, putting it 7,036 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 215 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 31647's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Sparks's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Sparks's dates instead of trusting one.