Edenton, NC 27957 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Edenton, NC, ZIP 27957
Around 03/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 208 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 238 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Edenton 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 Edenton 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.
The actual range around Edenton's last frost
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/05 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 Edenton compares
At roughly 238 frost-free days, Edenton places 8,970 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 108 of 1,078.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Edenton can differ from the 27957 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Edenton's frost date answer different questions.