Rutherford College, NC 28612 Frost Dates
Rutherford College, NC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/31, roughly 215 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 219 days after the last spring frost.
Rutherford College sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Rutherford College's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Rutherford College's last frost
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Rutherford College against the rest of the dataset
Rutherford College's growing season runs about 219 days, ranking 13,060 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 630 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28612's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Rutherford College can differ from the 28612 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Rutherford College's frost date answer different questions.