Spruce Pine, NC 28777 Frost Dates
Spruce Pine, NC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/26, roughly 241 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/20, roughly 177 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Spruce Pine's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Spruce Pine against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 177 frost-free days, Spruce Pine places 26,142 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 1,022 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 28777's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Spruce Pine can differ from the 28777 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Spruce Pine's frost date answer different questions.