Creswell, NC 27826 Frost Dates
Creswell, NC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/07, roughly 222 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 211 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Creswell in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Creswell'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
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Creswell against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 211 frost-free days, Creswell places 14,889 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 758 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 27826's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Creswell's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Creswell can differ from the 27826 normal.