Seven Devils, NC 28691 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Seven Devils, NC, ZIP 28691
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/06, roughly 251 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 159 frost-free days later.
Seven Devils sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 7a around Seven Devils has about 7 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 Seven Devils's last frost
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Seven Devils compares
Seven Devils's growing season runs about 159 days, ranking 32,757 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 1,066 of 1,078.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Seven Devils can differ from the 28691 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Seven Devils's frost date answer different questions.