Walnut Cove, NC 27019 Frost Dates
Walnut Cove, NC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/06, about 221 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 209 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Walnut Cove in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Walnut Cove's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Walnut Cove's last frost
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Walnut Cove against the rest of the dataset
About 209 days separate Walnut Cove's last and first frost, putting it 15,293 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 777 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 27019's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Walnut Cove's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Walnut Cove's dates instead of trusting one.