Rossville, GA 37407 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Rossville, GA, ZIP 37407
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/31, roughly 215 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 219 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Rossville in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 8a around Rossville 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Rossville compares
About 219 days separate Rossville's last and first frost, putting it 13,016 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within GA, it ranks 776 of 921.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Rossville can differ from the 37407 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Rossville's frost date answer different questions.