Greenville, NC 27836 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Greenville, NC, ZIP 27836
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/26, roughly 210 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 232 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Greenville 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
Zone 8a around Greenville has about 11 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.
Why 03/26 isn't a guarantee
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Greenville compares
At roughly 232 frost-free days, Greenville places 10,030 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 176 of 1,078.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Greenville can differ from the 27836 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Greenville's frost date answer different questions.