East Arcadia, NC 28448 Frost Dates
Frost dates for East Arcadia, NC, ZIP 28448
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/29, about 213 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 226 frost-free days later.
East Arcadia 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around East Arcadia 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.
The actual range around East Arcadia's last frost
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How East Arcadia compares
At roughly 226 frost-free days, East Arcadia places 11,281 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 395 of 1,078.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in East Arcadia can differ from the 28448 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and East Arcadia's frost date answer different questions.