Brevard, NC 28768 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Brevard, NC, ZIP 28768
Around 04/19 is the usual last spring frost, about 234 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 186 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 Brevard, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Brevard 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Brevard compares
Brevard's growing season runs about 186 days, ranking 22,760 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 986 of 1,078.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Brevard's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Brevard can differ from the 28768 normal.