Wilkesboro, NC 28651 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wilkesboro, NC?
Around 04/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 225 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 201 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wilkesboro in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 9 weeks of growing season left in Wilkesboro before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Wilkesboro's last frost
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wilkesboro compares
About 201 days separate Wilkesboro's last and first frost, putting it 17,510 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 875 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Wilkesboro's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Wilkesboro can differ from the 28651 normal.