Lilesville, NC 28091 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lilesville, NC?
Around 03/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 208 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 231 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lilesville 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
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Lilesville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Lilesville's last frost
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/06 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 Lilesville compares
At roughly 231 frost-free days, Lilesville places 10,262 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 208 of 1,078.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Lilesville can differ from the 28091 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Lilesville's frost date answer different questions.