Lake Waccamaw, NC 28442 Frost Dates
Lake Waccamaw, NC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/29, about 213 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/08, roughly 226 days after the last spring frost.
Lake Waccamaw 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 Lake Waccamaw'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.
Lake Waccamaw against the rest of the dataset
Lake Waccamaw's growing season runs about 226 days, ranking 11,230 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 380 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28442's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Lake Waccamaw's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Lake Waccamaw can differ from the 28442 normal.