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Freeze Information for Western North Carolina
Note: Frost can occur even when the recorded low temperature is a few degrees above freezing. Thus, the earliest/average/latest date of the last frost is roughly 14 days later then the spring dates below, and the earliest/average/latest date of the first frost is about 12 days before the fall dates below. Also, deeper valleys will tend to have frost/freezing conditions later in the spring and earlier in the fall than surrounding terrain.
Last Spring Temperature at or below 32 Degrees
|
City
|
Earliest
|
Average
|
Latest
|
|
Asheville
|
March 20
|
April 10
|
May 8
|
|
Banner Elk
|
March 31
|
May 9
|
June 11
|
|
Boone
|
April 3
|
April 30
|
May 27
|
|
Lenoir
|
March 21
|
April 14
|
May 18
|
|
Hickory
|
February 26
|
April 7
|
May 8
|
|
Jefferson
|
April 21
|
May 11
|
June 6
|
|
North Wilkesboro
|
April 1
|
April 23
|
May 18
|
First Fall/Summer Temperature at or below 32 Degrees
|
City
|
Earliest
|
Average
|
Latest
|
|
Asheville
|
October 3
|
October 25
|
December 2
|
|
Banner Elk
|
September 5
|
October 3
|
October 27
|
|
Boone
|
September 11
|
October 8
|
November 7
|
|
Lenoir
|
September 30
|
October 23
|
November 14
|
|
Hickory
|
October 3
|
October 30
|
December 2
|
|
Jefferson
|
September 5
|
October 5
|
December 1
|
|
North Wilkesboro
|
September 24
|
October 17
|
November 14
|
Freeze-Free Period
|
City
|
Average Number of Days Between Freezes
|
Mowing Misery Index (MMI)* :-)
|
|
Asheville
|
198
|
33.3
|
|
Banner Elk
|
147
|
26.0
|
|
Boone
|
161
|
28.0
|
|
Lenoir
|
192
|
32.4
|
|
Hickory
|
206
|
34.4
|
|
Jefferson
|
147
|
26.0
|
|
North Wilkesboro
|
177
|
30.3
|
*Mowing Misery Index (MMI): (Freeze-Free Days / 7) + 5. The average number of times you can expect to mow your lawn (assuming you mow once every week and allowing for 2.5 mowings on either side of the freezing season).
The data above is the Ray's Weather Center analysis of NWS Co-Op Weather Station SOD data through 2003 available from the National Climatic Data Center. Results here are similar to but independent of Frost Freeze Data available at www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/documentlibrary/freezefrost/freezefrost.pdf published in 1988.