Falcon, NC 28342 Frost Dates
Falcon, NC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/28, roughly 212 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 226 days after the last spring frost.
Falcon 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 10 weeks until Falcon's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/28 isn't a guarantee
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Falcon against the rest of the dataset
Falcon's growing season runs about 226 days, ranking 11,283 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 396 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28342's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Falcon's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Falcon can differ from the 28342 normal.