Lexington, NC 27373 Frost Dates
Lexington, NC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 199 days after the last spring frost.
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 Lexington, not a forecast for this year.
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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
Lexington's growing season runs about 199 days, ranking 18,038 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 898 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 27373's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Lexington's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Lexington's dates instead of trusting one.