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Frozen Pipe Protection in North Carolina

In North Carolina, local frozen pipes deadlines run from Oct 17 to Nov 5, with a median around Oct 26 — a spread of weeks that a single statewide date would miss. Find your city below; each links to local freeze odds, a live 10-day outlook, and a checklist.

Frozen outdoor pipe with a thick icicle after a hard freeze — protect plumbing before freezing nights arrive — North Carolina deadlines city by city
Photo: Eva Bronzini / Pexels

Notable cities

All North Carolina cities

CityLocal deadlineMedian first 28°F
AshevilleOct 17Nov 10View →Checklist
High PointOct 21Nov 16View →Checklist
ConcordOct 21Nov 13View →Checklist
KannapolisOct 21Nov 13View →Checklist
CharlotteOct 22Nov 14View →Checklist
HuntersvilleOct 22Nov 14View →Checklist
HickoryOct 22Nov 15View →Checklist
GreensboroOct 23Nov 15View →Checklist
Chapel HillOct 23Nov 14View →Checklist
DurhamOct 24Nov 16View →Checklist
GreenvilleOct 26Nov 22View →Checklist
Rocky MountOct 26Nov 17View →Checklist
BurlingtonOct 26Nov 23View →Checklist
ApexOct 26Nov 21View →Checklist
JacksonvilleOct 27Nov 21View →Checklist
RaleighOct 28Nov 23View →Checklist
Winston-SalemOct 28Nov 23View →Checklist
FayettevilleOct 28Nov 23View →Checklist
CaryOct 28Nov 23View →Checklist
GastoniaOct 28Nov 22View →Checklist
WilsonNov 1Nov 26View →Checklist
WilmingtonNov 5Dec 3View →Checklist
NovAshevilleOct 17High PointOct 21ConcordOct 21KannapolisOct 21CharlotteOct 22HuntersvilleOct 22HickoryOct 22GreensboroOct 23Chapel HillOct 23DurhamOct 24GreenvilleOct 26Rocky MountOct 26BurlingtonOct 26ApexOct 26JacksonvilleOct 27RaleighOct 28Winston-SalemOct 28FayettevilleOct 28

Local frozen pipe protection deadlines for North Carolina cities — built from each city’s own NOAA station, not one statewide date.

Frozen Pipe Protection in North Carolina: related searches

North Carolina homeowners search for: pipe freeze temperature, how to keep pipes from freezing, and "frozen pipe protection near me" — every city page below answers those with local NOAA dates.

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Back to the national Frozen Pipe Protection guide, or see the methodology. You can also compare how the frozen pipe protection window shifts in New York and North Dakota.

Data: NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals; live outlook by Open-Meteo. Last updated: July 25, 2026.