Wallace, NC 28478 Frost Dates
Wallace, 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 Wallace in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Wallace's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wallace against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 226 frost-free days, Wallace places 11,203 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 370 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28478's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Wallace's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Wallace can differ from the 28478 normal.