Holly Ridge, NC 28454 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Holly Ridge, NC, ZIP 28454
Around 03/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 207 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 240 frost-free days later.
Holly Ridge 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 Holly Ridge has about 11 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 Holly Ridge's last frost
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/07 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 240 days, ranking 8,687 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 78 of 1,078.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Holly Ridge can differ from the 28454 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Holly Ridge's frost date answer different questions.