Concord, NC 28027 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Concord, NC, ZIP 28027
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 215 frost-free days later.
Concord sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Concord 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 Concord's last frost
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Concord compares
At roughly 215 frost-free days, Concord places 14,012 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 688 of 1,078.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Concord can differ from the 28027 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Concord's frost date answer different questions.