Clayton, NC 27528 Frost Dates
Clayton, NC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/07, roughly 222 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/03, roughly 211 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Clayton in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Clayton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Clayton's last frost
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Clayton against the rest of the dataset
About 211 days separate Clayton's last and first frost, putting it 14,720 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 750 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 27528's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Clayton's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Clayton can differ from the 27528 normal.