Whitmire, SC 29178 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Whitmire, SC?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 210 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Whitmire, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Whitmire before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Whitmire compares
About 210 days separate Whitmire's last and first frost, putting it 15,036 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 471 of 519.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Whitmire's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Whitmire can differ from the 29178 normal.