Harrellsville, NC 27942 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Harrellsville, NC, ZIP 27942
Around 04/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 221 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 208 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Harrellsville in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Harrellsville 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 Harrellsville's last frost
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Harrellsville compares
At roughly 208 frost-free days, Harrellsville places 15,776 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 806 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Harrellsville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Harrellsville can differ from the 27942 normal.