Belwood, NC 28168 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Belwood, NC, ZIP 28168
Around 04/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 227 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 198 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 Belwood, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Belwood 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
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Belwood compares
Belwood's growing season runs about 198 days, ranking 18,468 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 907 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Belwood's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Belwood can differ from the 28168 normal.