Salisbury, NC 28144 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Salisbury, NC, ZIP 28144
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/06, about 221 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 208 frost-free days later.
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 Salisbury, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Salisbury has about 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Salisbury compares
About 208 days separate Salisbury's last and first frost, putting it 15,529 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 781 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Salisbury's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Salisbury can differ from the 28144 normal.