Star, NC 27247 Frost Dates
Star, NC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/05, roughly 220 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 207 days after the last spring frost.
Star 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Star's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Star against the rest of the dataset
Star's growing season runs about 207 days, ranking 15,856 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 814 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 27247's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Star's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Star's dates instead of trusting one.