Lawndale, NC 28042 Frost Dates
Lawndale, 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 Lawndale 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 Lawndale's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Lawndale's last frost
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.
Lawndale against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 195 frost-free days, Lawndale places 19,324 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 920 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28042's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Lawndale can differ from the 28042 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Lawndale's frost date answer different questions.