Cameron, NC 27331 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cameron, NC, ZIP 27331
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/10, roughly 225 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 203 frost-free days later.
Cameron 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 Cameron 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cameron compares
About 203 days separate Cameron's last and first frost, putting it 17,036 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 853 of 1,078.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Cameron's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Cameron's dates instead of trusting one.