Parmele, NC 27861 Frost Dates
Parmele, NC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/30, roughly 214 days out. 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 Parmele 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 Parmele's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/30 isn't a guarantee
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.
Parmele against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 226 frost-free days, Parmele places 11,302 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 406 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 27861's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Parmele's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Parmele's dates instead of trusting one.