Chocowinity, NC 27817 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Chocowinity, NC, ZIP 27817
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/08, roughly 192 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/05, about 272 frost-free days later.
Chocowinity sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 8b around Chocowinity has about 14 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
03/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Chocowinity compares
At roughly 272 frost-free days, Chocowinity places 5,397 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 10 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Chocowinity's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Chocowinity can differ from the 27817 normal.