East Bend, NC 27018 Frost Dates
When can you plant in East Bend, NC?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/16, about 231 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 191 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 East Bend, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in East Bend before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around East Bend's last frost
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How East Bend compares
East Bend's growing season runs about 191 days, ranking 20,869 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 968 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around East Bend's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in East Bend can differ from the 27018 normal.