North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 Frost Dates
Frost dates for North Wilkesboro, NC, ZIP 28659
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/10, about 225 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 201 frost-free days later.
North Wilkesboro 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 North Wilkesboro has about 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 North Wilkesboro compares
About 201 days separate North Wilkesboro's last and first frost, putting it 17,501 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 873 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around North Wilkesboro's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in North Wilkesboro can differ from the 28659 normal.