Waynesville, NC 28707 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Waynesville, NC?
Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 167 frost-free days later.
Waynesville 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
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Waynesville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Waynesville's last frost
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Waynesville compares
About 167 days separate Waynesville's last and first frost, putting it 29,915 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 1,031 of 1,078.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Waynesville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Waynesville's dates instead of trusting one.