Biscoe, NC 27209 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Biscoe, NC?
Around 03/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 209 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 235 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Biscoe 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 11 weeks of growing season left in Biscoe before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Biscoe's last frost
03/25 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. 04/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Biscoe compares
At roughly 235 frost-free days, Biscoe places 9,619 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 148 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Biscoe's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Biscoe can differ from the 27209 normal.