Trent Woods, NC 28562 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Trent Woods, NC, ZIP 28562
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/20, about 204 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 246 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Trent Woods 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
Zone 8b around Trent Woods 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 Trent Woods's last frost
03/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Trent Woods compares
At roughly 246 frost-free days, Trent Woods places 7,928 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 54 of 1,078.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Trent Woods can differ from the 28562 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Trent Woods's frost date answer different questions.