Ossipee, NC 27202 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Ossipee, NC, ZIP 27202
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/29, about 213 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 226 frost-free days later.
Ossipee 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
Zone 8a around Ossipee has about 10 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ossipee compares
At roughly 226 frost-free days, Ossipee places 11,270 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 388 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Ossipee's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Ossipee can differ from the 27202 normal.