Holly Ridge, NC 28445 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Holly Ridge, NC?
Around 03/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 210 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/13, about 233 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Holly Ridge, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Holly Ridge before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Holly Ridge's last frost
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Holly Ridge compares
Holly Ridge's growing season runs about 233 days, ranking 9,889 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 164 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Holly Ridge's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Holly Ridge can differ from the 28445 normal.