Pine Level, NC 27568 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pine Level, NC, ZIP 27568
Around 03/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 213 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 220 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 Pine Level, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Pine Level has about 10 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pine Level compares
At roughly 220 frost-free days, Pine Level places 12,826 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 589 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Pine Level's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Pine Level can differ from the 27568 normal.