Garland, NC 28441 Frost Dates
Garland, NC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/29, roughly 213 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/08, roughly 226 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Garland 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 10 weeks until Garland's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/29 isn't a guarantee
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Garland against the rest of the dataset
About 226 days separate Garland's last and first frost, putting it 11,259 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 385 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28441's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Garland can differ from the 28441 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Garland's frost date answer different questions.