Franklin, NC 28744 Frost Dates
Franklin, NC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/15, roughly 167 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Franklin in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Franklin's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Franklin's last frost
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Franklin against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 167 frost-free days, Franklin places 29,964 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 1,036 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28744's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Franklin's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Franklin's dates instead of trusting one.