Tobaccoville, NC 27050 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Tobaccoville, NC, ZIP 27050
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/06, roughly 221 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 209 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Tobaccoville in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Tobaccoville 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.
The actual range around Tobaccoville's last frost
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tobaccoville compares
About 209 days separate Tobaccoville's last and first frost, putting it 15,252 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 776 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Tobaccoville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Tobaccoville can differ from the 27050 normal.