Red Springs, NC 28377 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Red Springs, NC, ZIP 28377
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/25, about 209 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 228 frost-free days later.
Red Springs sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Red Springs 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.
Why 03/25 isn't a guarantee
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 Red Springs compares
At roughly 228 frost-free days, Red Springs places 10,842 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 316 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Red Springs's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Red Springs can differ from the 28377 normal.