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Wallburg, NC 27199 Frost Dates

Wallburg, NC: when does the frost end?

Zone 8a

Around 03/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 210 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/09, roughly 228 days after the last spring frost.

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.

Stretching the season past the first frost

With roughly 10 weeks until Wallburg's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.

The actual range around Wallburg's last frost

03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Wallburg against the rest of the dataset

Wallburg's growing season runs about 228 days, ranking 10,836 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 314 of 1,078.

Learn more

Before leaning on 27199's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Wallburg's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Wallburg's dates instead of trusting one.