Richlands, NC 28574 Frost Dates
Richlands, NC: when does the frost end?
Around 04/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 220 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 214 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Richlands, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Richlands's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/19 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Richlands against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 214 frost-free days, Richlands places 14,266 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 720 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28574's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Richlands can differ from the 28574 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Richlands's frost date answer different questions.