Spring Hope, NC 27882 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Spring Hope, NC, ZIP 27882
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 219 frost-free days later.
Spring Hope 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 Spring Hope has about 10 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Spring Hope compares
At roughly 219 frost-free days, Spring Hope places 13,059 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 629 of 1,078.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Spring Hope can differ from the 27882 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Spring Hope's frost date answer different questions.