Lexington, NC 27294 Frost Dates
Lexington, NC: when does the frost end?
Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 199 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lexington in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Lexington's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Lexington's last frost
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lexington against the rest of the dataset
About 199 days separate Lexington's last and first frost, putting it 18,035 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 895 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 27294's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Lexington's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Lexington can differ from the 27294 normal.