Lexington, NC 27295 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lexington, NC, ZIP 27295
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/11, roughly 226 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 199 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lexington in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 7b around Lexington has about 9 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 Lexington's last frost
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lexington compares
At roughly 199 frost-free days, Lexington places 18,036 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 896 of 1,078.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Lexington can differ from the 27295 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Lexington's frost date answer different questions.