Frost/Freeze in Georgia
Every frost/freeze event the National Weather Service has filed in Georgia, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Frost or temperatures at or below freezing during the growing season, usually filed for crop damage.
The most significant on the map
The most significant frost/freeze episodes in Georgia.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 155
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $833 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Frost and Freeze in Georgia, April 7 to 9, 2007A deep upper low and over the northeast U.S. and associated large Canadian surface high pressure area brought record cold to much of the eastern U.S. during the Easter weekend. Temperatures averaged a good 20 degrees below normal during the period.
- Frost and Freeze in Georgia, March 16, 2017A late season freeze occurred across the tri-state area on the morning of March 16th. Across Georgia, as much as 80 percent of the blueberry crop was lost.
- Frost and Freeze and Cold in Georgia, April 7 to 8, 2007A late season cold snap resulted in record cold temperatures across the eastern half of the United States with record cold temperatures for the month of April and record late freezes reported locally.|Univ of Georgia Ag Agent.
- Frost and Freeze in Georgia, April 8, 2007An early spring hard freeze saw temperatures fall to the upper teens and lower 20s across much of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia on the morning of the 8th. This resulted in massive agricultural losses across the region.
- Frost and Freeze in Georgia, April 8, 2007A late season cold snap produced widespread frost and freezing temperatures across much of Georgia. Overall damage to the state was at least a 100 million dollar loss due to damaged fruit and vegetable plants.
- Frost and Freeze in Georgia, March 27, 2004A late freeze caused damage to the peach crop across northeast Georgia.
- Frost and Freeze in Georgia, December 25, 2022Arctic high pressure entrenched across the Southeast United States led to an extended period of sub-freezing temperatures across Southeast Georgia.
- Frost and Freeze in Georgia, February 9, 2002Very heavy frost and residual water combined with temperatures just below freezing to create very hazardous driving conditions during the early morning hours. Many roads were covered with heavy frost and/or a coating of black ice.
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.