Bowman, SC 29018 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bowman, SC, ZIP 29018
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/15, about 199 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/19, about 249 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bowman in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Bowman has about 12 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.
The actual range around Bowman's last frost
03/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bowman compares
About 249 days separate Bowman's last and first frost, putting it 7,649 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 142 of 519.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Bowman's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bowman's dates instead of trusting one.