Laurinburg, NC 28352 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Laurinburg, NC, ZIP 28352
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/25, roughly 209 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 228 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 Laurinburg, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Laurinburg has about 10 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
03/25 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. 04/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Laurinburg compares
About 228 days separate Laurinburg's last and first frost, putting it 10,769 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 284 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Laurinburg's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Laurinburg can differ from the 28352 normal.