High Shoals, NC 28077 Frost Dates
Frost dates for High Shoals, NC, ZIP 28077
Around 03/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 211 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 228 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts High Shoals in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around High Shoals has about 10 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 High Shoals's last frost
03/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How High Shoals compares
High Shoals's growing season runs about 228 days, ranking 10,890 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 321 of 1,078.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and High Shoals's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around High Shoals's dates instead of trusting one.