Carolina Shores, NC 29566 Frost Dates
Carolina Shores, NC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/13, roughly 197 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/20, roughly 255 days after the last spring frost.
Carolina Shores sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Carolina Shores's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/13 isn't a guarantee
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Carolina Shores against the rest of the dataset
Carolina Shores's growing season runs about 255 days, ranking 6,920 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 40 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29566's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Carolina Shores can differ from the 29566 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Carolina Shores's frost date answer different questions.