Bethel, NC 27812 Frost Dates
Bethel, NC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/30, about 214 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/09, roughly 226 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bethel in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Bethel's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bethel against the rest of the dataset
About 226 days separate Bethel's last and first frost, putting it 11,225 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 378 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 27812's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Bethel's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Bethel's dates instead of trusting one.