Last and first frost dates in Greensboro

When is the last frost in Greensboro?

The last frost in Greensboro usually comes around 23 March: that is the median of 2016–2025, so in about half of those years the last night at or below 0 °C came later. Hardy crops start before it and frost-tender ones only after it: in the table below arugula can go into open ground from 2 March, while corn waits until 30 March. The first autumn frost follows around 13 November, about 235 days later: harvest or cover frost-tender crops before then.

When to sow and plant

Planting out: a week after the last frost once the soil is warm enough for the crop; frost-hardy crops three weeks before it; an unheated greenhouse three weeks earlier. Seedlings are sown so they are ready on that day. Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

When the soil warms up in Greensboro

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo). The soil reaches 10 °C 58 days before the last spring frost and 15 °C 7 days after it.

Frost dates near Greensboro

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Columbia (9 March) and latest in Asheville (12 April).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Greensboro

Within 15 km of Greensboro OpenStreetMap lists 8 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 9 markets and 6 farm shops (collected 29 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Gate City Gardening & Brew, 2 km away.

• Gate City Gardening & Brew — garden centre
  Grecade Street 111 · 2 km
• Southern Outdoor Living — farm supply
  NC 150 West 1000 · 15 km · wemakedirtlookgood.com
• Charlie Grocery — market
  South Elm Street 306 · Mon–Sat 10:00–19:00 · 0 km
• Saffron World — farm shop
  Yanceyville Street 501, 27405-7815 Greensboro · Sat 08:00–12:00 · 1 km · saffronworldmarket.etsy.com
• Green Apple Garden — garden centre
  Bradford Street 1918 · Thu–Sat 11:00–19:00 · 3 km
• The Bridge Marketplace — market
  East Market Street 404 · Fri 11:00–19:00; Sat 11:00–19:00; Sun 13:00–17:00 · 1 km

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Greensboro
• Selling your own harvest in the United States

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Greensboro by month

Average weather in Greensboro over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: April–October (21.8–31.9 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: July (31.9 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 0.4 °C. About 1160 mm of rain falls in a year, on 122 days; September is the wettest month (126 mm) and November the driest (70 mm).

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).

Planted in autumn

From a month before the first autumn frost, so the roots grow before winter, to the late-planting limit on each crop’s page (about two weeks before the ground freezes, by ten years of weather).