Robbinsville, NC 28771 Frost Dates
Robbinsville, NC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/13, about 228 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 194 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Robbinsville in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 8 weeks until Robbinsville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Robbinsville's last frost
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Robbinsville against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 194 frost-free days, Robbinsville places 19,572 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 945 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28771's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Robbinsville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Robbinsville can differ from the 28771 normal.