Rocky Mount, NC 27804 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Rocky Mount, NC, ZIP 27804
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 219 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Rocky Mount in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Rocky Mount 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.
The actual range around Rocky Mount's last frost
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Rocky Mount compares
About 219 days separate Rocky Mount's last and first frost, putting it 12,958 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 606 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Rocky Mount's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Rocky Mount can differ from the 27804 normal.