Beulaville, NC 28518 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Beulaville, NC, ZIP 28518
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/05, roughly 220 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 214 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Beulaville in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
Zone 8a around Beulaville 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Beulaville compares
Beulaville's growing season runs about 214 days, ranking 14,278 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 721 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Beulaville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Beulaville can differ from the 28518 normal.