Boiling Spring Lakes, NC 28479 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Boiling Spring Lakes, NC?
Around 03/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 208 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/17, about 239 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Boiling Spring Lakes in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Boiling Spring Lakes before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Boiling Spring Lakes's last frost
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Boiling Spring Lakes compares
Boiling Spring Lakes's growing season runs about 239 days, ranking 8,812 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 83 of 1,078.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Boiling Spring Lakes's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Boiling Spring Lakes's dates instead of trusting one.