Kenly, NC 27542 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Kenly, NC, ZIP 27542
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/22, about 206 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 236 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 Kenly, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Kenly has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Kenly's last frost
03/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Kenly compares
Kenly's growing season runs about 236 days, ranking 9,433 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 132 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Kenly's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Kenly can differ from the 27542 normal.