Wren's Nest Landscaping
Retail Garden Center is
closed for the season.
Please contact us for fall clean-
up and leaf removal, as well as
snow removal this winter.
We look forward to helping with
ALL your landscaping needs.
828-963-8864
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The Landmark Semester
17 May - 29 June 2014
Wilderness EMT
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321 Hours/ 40 days
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FRESH LOCAL MEATS
Rose Mountain Butcher Shoppe
Grand Opening ~ Sat, Mar 1
PORK BEEF LAMB POULTRY
Fresh Cuts, Sausage & Links
All Natural - GMO Free
from Ashe & Watauga farmers!
Downtown Lansing, NC
336.466.4790 WThF 10-6, S 9-3
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Ashe Home
And Garden Show
May 10, 2014
THE ONLY SPRING
SHOW IN
ASHE COUNTY
Support Your Community
Non Profit Organization
Ashe County Home
Builders Association
CALL Tammie
828-238-7137
For Booth Rental
Details
Catawba Valley Pottery
and
Antiques Festival
Saturday, March 29, 2014
9am-5pm
Hickory Metro Convention
Center
more than 110 vendors, pottery
antiques, educational videos and
demos, lecture and exhibits
Admission $6
Preview Party Friday
night!!
Advance ticket only
Click here for more
information!
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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.