Mesic, NC 28552 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mesic, NC, ZIP 28552
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/08, roughly 192 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/05, about 272 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 Mesic, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Mesic has about 14 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 Mesic's last frost
03/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mesic compares
About 272 days separate Mesic's last and first frost, putting it 5,412 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 16 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Mesic's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Mesic can differ from the 28552 normal.