Conetoe, NC 27819 Frost Dates
Conetoe, 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 Conetoe 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 Conetoe's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Conetoe's last frost
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.
Conetoe against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 226 frost-free days, Conetoe places 11,312 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 408 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 27819's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Conetoe's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Conetoe's dates instead of trusting one.