Haw River, NC 27258 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Haw River, NC, ZIP 27258
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 215 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Haw River 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
Zone 8a around Haw River 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 Haw River's last frost
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Haw River compares
At roughly 215 frost-free days, Haw River places 14,101 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 711 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Haw River's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Haw River can differ from the 27258 normal.