Salisbury, NC 28145 Frost Dates
Salisbury, NC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/06, roughly 221 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 208 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Salisbury in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Salisbury's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/06 isn't a guarantee
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/27 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Salisbury against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 208 frost-free days, Salisbury places 15,530 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 782 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28145's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Salisbury can differ from the 28145 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Salisbury's frost date answer different questions.