Goldsboro, NC 27534 Frost Dates
Goldsboro, NC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/15, about 199 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/18, roughly 250 days after the last spring frost.
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 Goldsboro, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Goldsboro's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/15 isn't a guarantee
03/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Goldsboro against the rest of the dataset
About 250 days separate Goldsboro's last and first frost, putting it 7,457 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 42 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 27534's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Goldsboro's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Goldsboro can differ from the 27534 normal.