Ridge Spring, SC 29129 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ridge Spring, SC?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/16, roughly 200 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/13, about 244 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ridge Spring in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Ridge Spring before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Ridge Spring's last frost
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ridge Spring compares
Ridge Spring's growing season runs about 244 days, ranking 8,266 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 163 of 519.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Ridge Spring's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Ridge Spring can differ from the 29129 normal.