Roxobel, NC 27872 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Roxobel, NC, ZIP 27872
Around 04/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 220 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 211 frost-free days later.
Roxobel 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 Roxobel has about 9 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.
The actual range around Roxobel's last frost
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Roxobel compares
About 211 days separate Roxobel's last and first frost, putting it 14,894 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 759 of 1,078.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Roxobel's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Roxobel's dates instead of trusting one.