High Point, NC 27265 Frost Dates
Frost dates for High Point, NC, ZIP 27265
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/30, roughly 214 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 220 frost-free days later.
High Point 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 High Point 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
03/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/13 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 High Point compares
At roughly 220 frost-free days, High Point places 12,676 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 545 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around High Point's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in High Point can differ from the 27265 normal.