Harrisburg, NC 28262 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Harrisburg, NC, ZIP 28262
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/01, about 216 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 215 frost-free days later.
Harrisburg 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Harrisburg 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.
The actual range around Harrisburg's last frost
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Harrisburg compares
At roughly 215 frost-free days, Harrisburg places 14,037 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 696 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Harrisburg's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Harrisburg can differ from the 28262 normal.