Ellenboro, NC 28040 Frost Dates
Ellenboro, 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 10/25, roughly 195 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ellenboro 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 8 weeks until Ellenboro's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ellenboro against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 195 frost-free days, Ellenboro places 19,318 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 917 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28040's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Ellenboro's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Ellenboro can differ from the 28040 normal.