Arcadia Lakes, SC 29203 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Arcadia Lakes, SC, ZIP 29203
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/16, roughly 200 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 245 frost-free days later.
Arcadia Lakes 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 Arcadia Lakes 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 03/16 isn't a guarantee
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Arcadia Lakes compares
About 245 days separate Arcadia Lakes's last and first frost, putting it 8,046 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 159 of 519.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Arcadia Lakes can differ from the 29203 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Arcadia Lakes's frost date answer different questions.