Turbeville, SC 29162 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Turbeville, SC, ZIP 29162
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/25, roughly 209 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 232 frost-free days later.
Turbeville 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 Turbeville 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.
Why 03/25 isn't a guarantee
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 Turbeville compares
About 232 days separate Turbeville's last and first frost, putting it 10,067 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 320 of 519.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Turbeville can differ from the 29162 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Turbeville's frost date answer different questions.