Wilkesboro, NC 28665 Frost Dates
Wilkesboro, NC: when does the frost end?
Around 04/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 225 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/29, roughly 201 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Wilkesboro's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/10 isn't a guarantee
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wilkesboro against the rest of the dataset
Wilkesboro's growing season runs about 201 days, ranking 17,512 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 877 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28665's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Wilkesboro's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Wilkesboro can differ from the 28665 normal.