Beaufort, NC 28579 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Beaufort, NC, ZIP 28579
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/10, roughly 194 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/01, about 265 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 Beaufort, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Beaufort 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 Beaufort's last frost
03/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Beaufort compares
Beaufort's growing season runs about 265 days, ranking 5,987 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 33 of 1,078.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Beaufort's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Beaufort's dates instead of trusting one.