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Danbury, NC 27016 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Danbury, NC, ZIP 27016

Zone 7b

Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 202 frost-free days later.

Danbury sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 7b around Danbury has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.

How much risk comes with planting early here

04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Danbury compares

At roughly 202 frost-free days, Danbury places 17,368 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 863 of 1,078.

Learn more

local microclimates explains what one yard in Danbury can differ from the 27016 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Danbury's frost date answer different questions.