Pantego, NC 27860 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pantego, NC, ZIP 27860
Around 03/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 209 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 233 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Pantego, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Pantego 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 03/25 isn't a guarantee
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/07 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 Pantego compares
About 233 days separate Pantego's last and first frost, putting it 9,993 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 172 of 1,078.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Pantego's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Pantego's dates instead of trusting one.