Winterville, NC 28590 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Winterville, NC?
Around 03/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 210 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 232 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Winterville in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Winterville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Winterville's last frost
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Winterville compares
About 232 days separate Winterville's last and first frost, putting it 10,036 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 182 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Winterville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Winterville can differ from the 28590 normal.