Bridgeton, NC 28560 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bridgeton, NC, ZIP 28560
Around 03/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 207 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/15, about 237 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 Bridgeton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Bridgeton has about 11 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.
Why 03/23 isn't a guarantee
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bridgeton compares
About 237 days separate Bridgeton's last and first frost, putting it 9,160 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 121 of 1,078.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Bridgeton's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bridgeton's dates instead of trusting one.