Rich Square, NC 27869 Frost Dates
Rich Square, NC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/05, about 220 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 211 days after the last spring frost.
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 Rich Square, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Rich Square's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/05 isn't a guarantee
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Rich Square against the rest of the dataset
Rich Square's growing season runs about 211 days, ranking 14,818 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 753 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 27869's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Rich Square can differ from the 27869 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Rich Square's frost date answer different questions.