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Manning, SC 29001 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Manning, SC, ZIP 29001

Zone 8b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/25, about 209 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 232 frost-free days later.

Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Manning, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 8b around Manning has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.

Why 03/25 isn't a guarantee

03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Manning compares

At roughly 232 frost-free days, Manning places 10,043 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within SC, it ranks 310 of 519.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Manning's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Manning's dates instead of trusting one.