Be a Sweetheart,
Feed the Hungry
Mast Store • Feb. 9-10
Looking for your sweetheart's
favorite candy for Valentine's
Day? When you give this
traditional gift on Feb. 14,
you also give a gift of a
nutritious meal to someone you
don't even know.
Each pound of candy
purchased at Mast Store on
Feb. 9 & 10 will be matched
with a $1 donation to a local
food security partner. They can
do so much with just a dollar.
It's proof positive that anyone can
help defeat hunger.
Be a Sweetheart!
**Grandfather Vineyard
& Winery**
Summer- Monday - Sat. 12-6pm
Sunday 1-5pm
Winter- Mon., Wed. - Sat. 12-6pm
Sunday 1-5pm (closed Tuesday)
Live music during Summer
Come enjoy a glass of our award
winning wine while you relax by
the Watauga river!
Artrageous
March 28, 2019
The Walker Center
Wilkes Community College
Click for tickets
www.walkercenteronline.org
or call 336-838-6260
Alleghany Inn
Easy to find, hard to leave!
Located in Sparta, just 4 miles
from the New River and 7 miles
from the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Click for more information
or to make a reservation
336.372.2501
**Foscoe Rentals**
From hiking to fishing,
horseback riding to gem mining
now is the
time to come to the Mountains
of NC! Cabins, Condos, and
Vacation
Homes. Even the family pet is
welcome!
Call now 800-723-7341
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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
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City
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Earliest
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Average
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Latest
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Asheville
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March 20
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April 10
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May 8
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Banner Elk
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March 31
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May 9
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June 11
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Boone
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April 3
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April 30
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May 27
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Lenoir
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March 21
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April 14
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May 18
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Hickory
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February 26
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April 7
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May 8
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Jefferson
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April 21
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May 11
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June 6
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North Wilkesboro
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April 1
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April 23
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May 18
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First Fall/Summer Temperature at or below 32 Degrees
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City
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Earliest
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Average
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Latest
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Asheville
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October 3
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October 25
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December 2
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Banner Elk
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September 5
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October 3
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October 27
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Boone
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September 11
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October 8
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November 7
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Lenoir
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September 30
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October 23
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November 14
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Hickory
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October 3
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October 30
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December 2
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Jefferson
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September 5
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October 5
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December 1
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North Wilkesboro
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September 24
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October 17
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November 14
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Freeze-Free Period
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City
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Average Number of Days Between Freezes
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Mowing Misery Index (MMI)* :-)
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Asheville
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198
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33.3
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Banner Elk
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147
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26.0
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Boone
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161
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28.0
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Lenoir
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192
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32.4
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Hickory
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206
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34.4
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Jefferson
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147
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26.0
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North Wilkesboro
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177
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30.3
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*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.