Stanfield, NC 28163 Frost Dates
Stanfield, NC: when does the frost end?
Around 04/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 216 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 215 days after the last spring frost.
Stanfield sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Stanfield's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/01 isn't a guarantee
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Stanfield against the rest of the dataset
Stanfield's growing season runs about 215 days, ranking 14,116 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 713 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28163's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Stanfield's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Stanfield's dates instead of trusting one.