Danbury, NC 27053 Frost Dates
Danbury, NC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 202 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Danbury 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 Danbury's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Danbury's last frost
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Danbury against the rest of the dataset
About 202 days separate Danbury's last and first frost, putting it 17,370 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 865 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 27053's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Danbury can differ from the 27053 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Danbury's frost date answer different questions.