Swepsonville, NC 27359 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Swepsonville, NC, ZIP 27359
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.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Swepsonville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Swepsonville 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 Swepsonville'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 Swepsonville compares
About 215 days separate Swepsonville's last and first frost, putting it 14,099 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 710 of 1,078.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Swepsonville can differ from the 27359 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Swepsonville's frost date answer different questions.