Lynchburg, SC 29080 Frost Dates
Lynchburg, SC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/19, about 203 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/15, roughly 241 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lynchburg in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Lynchburg's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lynchburg against the rest of the dataset
About 241 days separate Lynchburg's last and first frost, putting it 8,626 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 185 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29080's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Lynchburg's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Lynchburg can differ from the 29080 normal.