Lodge, SC 29082 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lodge, SC, ZIP 29082
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/23, about 207 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 233 frost-free days later.
Lodge sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Lodge has about 10 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 Lodge's last frost
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 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 Lodge compares
Lodge's growing season runs about 233 days, ranking 10,009 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 309 of 519.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Lodge's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Lodge can differ from the 29082 normal.