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Harmony, NC 28634 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Harmony, NC, ZIP 28634

Zone 7b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/16, about 231 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 191 frost-free days later.

Harmony sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 7b around Harmony has about 8 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 Harmony's last frost

04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Harmony compares

At roughly 191 frost-free days, Harmony places 20,873 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 970 of 1,078.

Learn more

local microclimates explains what one yard in Harmony can differ from the 28634 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Harmony's frost date answer different questions.