When to plant in Ball Ground, GA

Planting dates worked out from Ball Ground's own frost records, not a generic zone chart.

Safe to plant out

Apr 19

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 1

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 5

1 year in 10 by Oct 24

Frost-free days

212

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Jasper 1 Nnw · 16.6 km away · station 446 m, town 336 m. How we match towns to stations

This season

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Planting dates for common crops

Crop	Start indoors	Plant out or sow	Harvest from
Tomato	Feb 22 – Mar 8	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 13
Sweet pepper	Feb 8 – Feb 22	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 18
Lettuce (leaf)	Jan 28 – Feb 4	Mar 4 – Mar 18	Apr 13
Peas	—	Feb 18 – Mar 18	Apr 14
Bush beans	—	Apr 12 – May 3	Jun 1
Carrot	—	Mar 11 – Apr 22	May 10
Beet	—	Mar 4 – Apr 15	Apr 23
Potato	—	Mar 11 – Apr 1	May 20
Kale	Jan 21 – Feb 4	Mar 4 – Mar 18	Apr 16
Broccoli	Jan 21 – Feb 4	Mar 4 – Mar 25	May 3
Cucumber	Mar 22 – Mar 29	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 8
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 22 – Mar 29	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 3
Winter squash	Mar 22 – Mar 29	Apr 19 – May 3	Jul 8
Sweet corn	—	Apr 12 – May 3	Jun 11
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 4 – Mar 25	Jun 2
Garlic	—	Oct 22 – Nov 19 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Feb 18 – Mar 18	Mar 28
Basil	Mar 8 – Mar 22	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 15

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Ball Ground's weather over time

How the growing season has shifted here, year by year, from the station's own records.

Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend

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Year	Last spring frost
1941	Mar 30
1942	Apr 12
1943	Apr 16
1944	Apr 14
1945	Apr 6
1946	Apr 13
1947	Apr 19
1948	Mar 29
1949	Apr 17
1950	Apr 16
1951	Apr 4
1952	Apr 7
1953	Apr 21
1954	Mar 22
1956	Apr 21
1957	Apr 10
1958	Apr 8
1959	Apr 14
1960	Apr 11
1961	Apr 14
1962	Apr 16
1963	May 2
1964	Apr 9
1965	Mar 22
1966	Apr 11
1967	Mar 19
1968	Mar 25
1969	Mar 31
1970	Apr 3
1971	May 4
1972	Apr 26
1973	May 18
1974	Apr 10
1975	Apr 13
1976	May 19
1977	Apr 7
1978	Apr 22
1979	Apr 10
1980	Mar 15
1981	Mar 25
1982	Apr 10
1983	Apr 21
1984	Apr 2
1986	Mar 23
1987	Apr 7
1988	Apr 20
1989	Apr 13
1990	Apr 13
1991	Apr 1
1992	Apr 5
1993	Apr 3
1994	Mar 30
1995	Mar 11
1996	Apr 11
1997	Apr 19
1998	Mar 23
1999	Mar 27
2000	Apr 9
2001	Apr 19
2002	Mar 23
2004	Mar 24
2005	Apr 26
2006	Mar 28
2007	Apr 10
2008	Mar 26
2010	Mar 8
2011	Apr 6
2012	Apr 13
2013	Mar 29
2016	Apr 10
2017	Mar 17
2018	Apr 21
2019	Apr 2
2020	Mar 8
2021	Apr 23
2022	Apr 11
2023	Mar 21
2024	Mar 24
2025	Mar 21
2026	Mar 19

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1941	222
1942	197
1943	184
1944	205
1945	212
1946	213
1947	203
1948	202
1949	200
1950	203
1951	212
1952	196
1953	199
1954	208
1957	200
1958	213
1959	202
1960	206
1961	195
1962	190
1963	183
1964	194
1965	216
1966	204
1967	194
1968	215
1969	200
1970	196
1972	176
1973	171
1974	175
1975	188
1976	155
1977	192
1978	175
1979	186
1980	224
1981	208
1982	208
1984	181
1986	235
1987	197
1988	175
1989	190
1990	218
1991	215
1992	215
1993	210
1994	238
1995	237
1996	205
1997	186
1998	213
1999	210
2001	191
2002	239
2004	246
2005	204
2006	209
2007	212
2008	216
2010	242
2011	206
2012	202
2016	223
2017	226
2018	202
2019	212
2020	239
2021	197
2022	189
2023	224
2024	250
2025	233

Each year's average temperature, April to SeptemberLong-term trend

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1940	21.4 °C
1941	22.9 °C
1942	22.0 °C
1943	22.3 °C
1944	22.1 °C
1945	21.8 °C
1946	21.9 °C
1947	22.0 °C
1948	22.1 °C
1949	21.7 °C
1950	21.3 °C
1951	22.3 °C
1952	22.4 °C
1953	22.4 °C
1954	22.1 °C
1955	22.6 °C
1956	21.1 °C
1957	22.1 °C
1958	21.3 °C
1959	21.6 °C
1960	21.1 °C
1961	19.7 °C
1962	21.2 °C
1963	20.7 °C
1964	21.1 °C
1965	21.3 °C
1966	20.5 °C
1967	19.8 °C
1968	20.8 °C
1969	20.9 °C
1971	20.6 °C
1972	20.8 °C
1973	20.8 °C
1974	20.2 °C
1975	20.5 °C
1976	19.5 °C
1977	22.1 °C
1978	21.6 °C
1979	20.6 °C
1980	22.1 °C
1981	21.4 °C
1982	20.8 °C
1983	20.5 °C
1984	19.6 °C
1986	21.9 °C
1987	21.4 °C
1988	21.2 °C
1989	20.1 °C
1990	20.9 °C
1991	21.4 °C
1992	19.9 °C
1993	21.3 °C
1994	20.3 °C
1995	20.8 °C
1996	20.7 °C
1997	19.8 °C
1998	21.8 °C
1999	21.2 °C
2000	21.0 °C
2001	20.8 °C
2002	21.9 °C
2004	20.9 °C
2005	20.9 °C
2006	21.4 °C
2007	21.5 °C
2008	20.7 °C
2010	22.4 °C
2011	21.1 °C
2012	21.0 °C
2016	21.6 °C
2017	20.5 °C
2018	20.9 °C
2019	21.6 °C
2020	19.9 °C
2021	19.8 °C
2022	20.9 °C
2023	20.3 °C
2024	21.3 °C
2025	21.1 °C
2026	21.7 °C

What this means for you: Since 1941, Ball Ground's last spring frost has come about 2 days earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 3 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Jasper 1 Nnw (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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