Manning, SC 29041 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Manning, SC, ZIP 29041
Around 03/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 209 days away. 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.
The actual range around Manning's last frost
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 10,044 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within SC, it ranks 311 of 519.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Manning's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Manning can differ from the 29041 normal.