Wilson's Mills, NC 27527 Frost Dates
Wilson's Mills, NC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/28, roughly 212 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/08, roughly 225 days after the last spring frost.
Wilson's Mills 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Wilson's Mills's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/28 isn't a guarantee
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wilson's Mills against the rest of the dataset
About 225 days separate Wilson's Mills's last and first frost, putting it 11,425 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 419 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 27527's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Wilson's Mills's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Wilson's Mills's dates instead of trusting one.