Hope Mills, NC 28348 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hope Mills, NC, ZIP 28348
Around 03/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 206 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/13, about 236 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hope Mills in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Hope Mills 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 Hope Mills's last frost
03/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hope Mills compares
About 236 days separate Hope Mills's last and first frost, putting it 9,331 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 128 of 1,078.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Hope Mills can differ from the 28348 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Hope Mills's frost date answer different questions.