Salisbury, NC 28147 Frost Dates
28147, near Salisbury, NC: the frost window
Around 04/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 221 days away. 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
Salisbury's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
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
Salisbury's growing season runs about 208 days, ranking 15,531 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 783 of 1,078.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 28147: local microclimates, on what one yard in Salisbury can differ from the 28147 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7b and Salisbury's frost date answer different questions.