Parrott, GA 39877 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Parrott, GA?
Around 03/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 199 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/17, about 249 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Parrott, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Parrott before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Parrott's last frost
03/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Parrott compares
At roughly 249 frost-free days, Parrott places 7,669 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 298 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Parrott's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Parrott's dates instead of trusting one.