Falkland, NC 27827 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Falkland, NC?
Around 03/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 214 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 226 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Falkland in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Falkland before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Falkland's last frost
03/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Falkland compares
At roughly 226 frost-free days, Falkland places 11,333 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 414 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Falkland's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Falkland can differ from the 27827 normal.