Lake Lure, NC 28746 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lake Lure, NC, ZIP 28746
Around 04/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 220 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 207 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lake Lure in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Lake Lure 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.
Why 04/05 isn't a guarantee
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lake Lure compares
About 207 days separate Lake Lure's last and first frost, putting it 15,844 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 811 of 1,078.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Lake Lure's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Lake Lure's dates instead of trusting one.