Batesburg-Leesville, SC 29006 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Batesburg-Leesville, SC?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/31, about 215 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 218 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Batesburg-Leesville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Batesburg-Leesville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Batesburg-Leesville compares
At roughly 218 frost-free days, Batesburg-Leesville places 13,263 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within SC, it ranks 444 of 519.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Batesburg-Leesville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Batesburg-Leesville can differ from the 29006 normal.