Proctorville, NC 28375 Frost Dates
Proctorville, NC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/05, roughly 219 days after the last spring frost.
Proctorville sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Proctorville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Proctorville against the rest of the dataset
About 219 days separate Proctorville's last and first frost, putting it 13,122 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 639 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28375's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Proctorville's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Proctorville's dates instead of trusting one.