Garner, NC 27529 Frost Dates
Garner, NC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/01, about 216 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 213 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Garner 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 9 weeks until Garner's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Garner's last frost
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Garner against the rest of the dataset
Garner's growing season runs about 213 days, ranking 14,445 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 736 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 27529's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Garner's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Garner can differ from the 27529 normal.