Crossnore, NC 28616 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Crossnore, NC, ZIP 28616
Around 05/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 250 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 160 frost-free days later.
Crossnore sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Crossnore has about 7 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 Crossnore's last frost
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Crossnore compares
About 160 days separate Crossnore's last and first frost, putting it 32,533 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 1,056 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Crossnore's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Crossnore can differ from the 28616 normal.