Wentworth, NC 27375 Frost Dates
Wentworth, NC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/05, about 220 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 213 days after the last spring frost.
Wentworth sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Wentworth'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
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wentworth against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 213 frost-free days, Wentworth places 14,505 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 747 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 27375's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Wentworth can differ from the 27375 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Wentworth's frost date answer different questions.