Lookout Mountain, GA 37396 Frost Dates
Lookout Mountain, GA: when does the frost end?
Around 03/31 is the usual last spring frost, about 215 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/06, roughly 219 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lookout Mountain in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 10 weeks until Lookout Mountain's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/31 isn't a guarantee
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lookout Mountain against the rest of the dataset
About 219 days separate Lookout Mountain's last and first frost, putting it 13,049 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 779 of 921.
Learn more
Before leaning on 37396's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Lookout Mountain's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Lookout Mountain's dates instead of trusting one.