Fletcher, NC 28776 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fletcher, NC, ZIP 28776
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/09, about 224 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 201 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fletcher in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 7b around Fletcher 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.
The actual range around Fletcher's last frost
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fletcher compares
At roughly 201 frost-free days, Fletcher places 17,486 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 871 of 1,078.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Fletcher can differ from the 28776 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Fletcher's frost date answer different questions.