Forest Acres, SC 29147 Frost Dates
Forest Acres, SC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/13, roughly 197 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/19, roughly 253 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Forest Acres 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 12 weeks until Forest Acres'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
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Forest Acres against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 253 frost-free days, Forest Acres places 7,113 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within SC, it ranks 83 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29147's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Forest Acres's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Forest Acres's dates instead of trusting one.