Monroe, NC 28112 Frost Dates
Monroe, NC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/03, roughly 218 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 213 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Monroe, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Monroe'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
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Monroe against the rest of the dataset
Monroe's growing season runs about 213 days, ranking 14,444 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 735 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28112's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Monroe's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Monroe can differ from the 28112 normal.