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Beets
in Stone Mountain.

Match the crop to your conditions. Start with the seasonal picture, then choose a planting date with local advice.

Stone Mountain, GA 30083

Plan a planting check
Beets
Postal area30083
Planting methodDirect sow
Cold responseFrost tolerant

Your seasonal context

Understand the place before the date.

The 30083 area uses a representative location near 33.794°, -84.202°. In the nearby historical climate grid, July is the warmest month on average (26.5°C), while January is the coolest (4.7°C). December has the highest mean daily precipitation (4.29 mm).

No monthly mean in this grid is below freezing. Individual cold nights can still occur; this does not establish a frost-free season. Beets tolerate some cold, but variety, plant age and exposure still matter. A monthly average cannot identify a safe planting day.

Light at your latitude

At 33.794° N, the length of the day changes independently of temperature. Compare the middle of three seasons when planning your garden.

March 1511.7 hours
June 1514.2 hours
December 159.8 hours

Geometric daylight estimate from latitude and solar declination, rounded to 0.1 hour. This is time above a flat horizon, excluding atmospheric refraction, hills, buildings and cloud cover. It is not the direct-sun exposure of your bed. About solar-position calculations.

Historical monthly climate near 30083 · 2001–2020
MonthMean air temperatureMean precipitation / day
January4.7°C (40°F)3.44 mm
February6.7°C (44°F)4.18 mm
March11.1°C (52°F)3.83 mm
April15.7°C (60°F)3.33 mm
May20.4°C (69°F)3.29 mm
June24.8°C (77°F)3.62 mm
July26.5°C (80°F)3.90 mm
August26.2°C (79°F)3.27 mm
September22.9°C (73°F)3.18 mm
October16.8°C (62°F)2.85 mm
November10.5°C (51°F)3.31 mm
December6.5°C (44°F)4.29 mm

NASA POWER regional grid, 0.5° latitude × 0.625° longitude. Grid center 34.000°, -84.375°. Monthly mean air temperature is neither a nightly low nor soil temperature. Rainfall averages do not set a watering schedule. Open the climate source.

Compare nearby places

Beets around 30083

Explore the closest listed postal areas by straight-line distance between their representative coordinates. A nearby garden may still have different soil, shelter or elevation.

Nearby areas · historical January and July mean air temperature
Postal areaDistanceJanJul
Stone Mountain30083 · this area—4.7°C26.5°C
Pine LakeGA 300720.5 km4.7°C26.5°C
Stone MountainGA 300873.3 km4.7°C26.5°C
ClarkstonGA 300213.8 km4.7°C26.5°C
Stone MountainGA 300884.5 km4.7°C26.5°C
ScottdaleGA 300795.2 km4.7°C26.5°C
Avondale EstatesGA 300026.0 km4.7°C26.5°C

Distances use GeoNames representative postal coordinates, which may be estimated; they are not driving distances. Nearby areas often share one NASA POWER grid cell, so identical climate values are expected. Differences shown here describe the climate grids, not a measured difference between individual gardens.

The growing checklist

Give beets a considered start.

Label the row and check seedling spacing as plants emerge. Follow the packet for thinning, and avoid treating a dense clump of seedlings as a finished stand.

  1. Choose a variety suited to your available space and compare its days to maturity with local seasonal guidance.
  2. Prepare the seedbed and follow the packet depth and spacing.
  3. Check the variety’s temperature guidance. Cold tolerance does not mean every seedling survives a freeze.
  4. Inspect soil moisture and drainage in the actual bed. Regional rainfall averages cannot tell you whether roots need water today.

Read University of Minnesota Extension vegetable guidance. Its crop-care principles are useful here; its Minnesota planting dates are not applied to Georgia.

One small next step

Make a date to check your garden.

Choose your own reminder date after checking local advice. This is a personal planning prompt, not a calculated planting recommendation.

An .ics file works with Apple Calendar, Google Calendar and Outlook. Your chosen date stays in your browser until you download it.

What this postal area includes

Stone Mountain.

A ZIP area is a postal geography, not a neighborhood or municipal boundary. Place names may include multiple communities. The representative coordinates may be estimated. Nearby gardens can differ in elevation, shelter, slope and soil.

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