Wallburg, NC 27114 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wallburg, NC?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/26, about 210 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 228 frost-free days later.
Wallburg sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
At roughly 228 frost-free days, Wallburg places 10,825 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 303 of 1,078.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Wallburg can differ from the 27114 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Wallburg's frost date answer different questions.