Statesville, NC 28625 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Statesville, NC?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 217 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Statesville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Statesville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Statesville's last frost
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Statesville compares
About 217 days separate Statesville's last and first frost, putting it 13,416 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 663 of 1,078.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Statesville can differ from the 28625 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Statesville's frost date answer different questions.