Morven, NC 28119 Frost Dates
Morven, NC: when does the frost end?
Around 03/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 208 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/09, roughly 231 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 Morven, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Morven's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/24 isn't a guarantee
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Morven against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 231 frost-free days, Morven places 10,270 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 210 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28119's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Morven's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Morven can differ from the 28119 normal.