Cleveland, NC 27013 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Cleveland, NC?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/09, roughly 224 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 203 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Cleveland, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Cleveland before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/09 isn't a guarantee
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cleveland compares
At roughly 203 frost-free days, Cleveland places 16,995 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 851 of 1,078.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Cleveland's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Cleveland's dates instead of trusting one.