Reidsville, NC 27214 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Reidsville, NC, ZIP 27214
Around 04/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 216 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 217 frost-free days later.
Reidsville 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 Reidsville 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.
The actual range around Reidsville's last frost
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Reidsville compares
Reidsville's growing season runs about 217 days, ranking 13,429 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 665 of 1,078.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Reidsville can differ from the 27214 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Reidsville's frost date answer different questions.