Parkton, NC 28371 Frost Dates
Parkton, NC: when does the frost end?
Around 03/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 206 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/13, roughly 236 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Parkton in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Parkton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Parkton's last frost
03/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Parkton against the rest of the dataset
Parkton's growing season runs about 236 days, ranking 9,510 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 139 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28371's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Parkton's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Parkton can differ from the 28371 normal.