Belhaven, NC 27810 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Belhaven, NC, ZIP 27810
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/25, about 209 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 233 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Belhaven in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 8b around Belhaven 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.
Why 03/25 isn't a guarantee
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/07 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 Belhaven compares
About 233 days separate Belhaven's last and first frost, putting it 9,927 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 166 of 1,078.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Belhaven's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Belhaven's dates instead of trusting one.