Norwood, NC 28002 Frost Dates
Norwood, NC: when does the frost end?
Around 03/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 213 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 220 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Norwood in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Norwood's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Norwood's last frost
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Norwood against the rest of the dataset
Norwood's growing season runs about 220 days, ranking 12,819 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 587 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28002's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Norwood's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Norwood's dates instead of trusting one.