Casar, NC 28020 Frost Dates
Casar, NC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/12, roughly 227 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 198 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Casar 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 9 weeks until Casar's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Casar's last frost
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Casar against the rest of the dataset
About 198 days separate Casar's last and first frost, putting it 18,527 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 912 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28020's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Casar can differ from the 28020 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Casar's frost date answer different questions.