Biltmore Forest, NC 28803 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Biltmore Forest, NC, ZIP 28803
Around 04/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 221 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 205 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Biltmore Forest 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 Biltmore Forest 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 Biltmore Forest's last frost
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Biltmore Forest compares
At roughly 205 frost-free days, Biltmore Forest places 16,345 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NC, it ranks 829 of 1,078.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Biltmore Forest's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Biltmore Forest's dates instead of trusting one.