Colerain, NC 27980 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Colerain, NC, ZIP 27980
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/24, about 208 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 238 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Colerain 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 Colerain 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.
Why 03/24 isn't a guarantee
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 Colerain compares
At roughly 238 frost-free days, Colerain places 9,048 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 115 of 1,078.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Colerain can differ from the 27980 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Colerain's frost date answer different questions.