Rowland, NC 29567 Frost Dates
Rowland, NC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/26, about 210 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/08, roughly 228 days after the last spring frost.
Rowland 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 10 weeks until Rowland's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Rowland's last frost
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Rowland against the rest of the dataset
Rowland's growing season runs about 228 days, ranking 10,876 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NC, it ranks 320 of 1,078.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29567's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Rowland's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Rowland can differ from the 29567 normal.