Bunn, NC 27508 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bunn, NC?
Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 201 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 Bunn, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Bunn before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Bunn's last frost
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bunn compares
At roughly 201 frost-free days, Bunn places 17,648 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 886 of 1,078.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Bunn's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Bunn's dates instead of trusting one.