Minnesott Beach, NC 28510 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Minnesott Beach, NC, ZIP 28510
Around 03/19 is the usual last spring frost, about 203 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/22, about 249 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 Minnesott Beach, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Minnesott Beach has about 12 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 Minnesott Beach's last frost
03/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Minnesott Beach compares
About 249 days separate Minnesott Beach's last and first frost, putting it 7,652 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 48 of 1,078.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Minnesott Beach can differ from the 28510 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Minnesott Beach's frost date answer different questions.