Hoffman, NC 28347 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hoffman, NC, ZIP 28347
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/25, roughly 209 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 235 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 Hoffman, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Hoffman has about 11 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 Hoffman's last frost
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hoffman compares
About 235 days separate Hoffman's last and first frost, putting it 9,647 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 158 of 1,078.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Hoffman's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Hoffman's dates instead of trusting one.