Wake Forest, NC 27587 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wake Forest, NC, ZIP 27587
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 213 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 Wake Forest, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Wake Forest 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.
Why 04/04 isn't a guarantee
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wake Forest compares
About 213 days separate Wake Forest's last and first frost, putting it 14,433 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 731 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Wake Forest's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Wake Forest can differ from the 27587 normal.