Bath, NC 27865 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bath, NC, ZIP 27865
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/25, roughly 209 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 233 frost-free days later.
Bath sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Bath 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 Bath compares
Bath's growing season runs about 233 days, ranking 9,985 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 171 of 1,078.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Bath's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bath's dates instead of trusting one.