Spruce Pine, NC 28765 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Spruce Pine, NC, ZIP 28765
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 177 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Spruce Pine, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Spruce Pine has about 8 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 Spruce Pine's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Spruce Pine compares
About 177 days separate Spruce Pine's last and first frost, putting it 26,141 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 1,021 of 1,078.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Spruce Pine can differ from the 28765 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Spruce Pine's frost date answer different questions.