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Wallburg, NC 27107 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Wallburg, NC?

Zone 8a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/26, roughly 210 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 228 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wallburg in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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

About 10 weeks of growing season left in Wallburg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Wallburg's last frost

03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Wallburg compares

About 228 days separate Wallburg's last and first frost, putting it 10,820 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 298 of 1,078.

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