Roxboro, NC 27573 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Roxboro, NC, ZIP 27573
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/15, roughly 230 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 194 frost-free days later.
Roxboro sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Roxboro has about 8 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
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Roxboro compares
Roxboro's growing season runs about 194 days, ranking 19,468 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 928 of 1,078.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Roxboro's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Roxboro's dates instead of trusting one.