Forest Acres, SC 29206 Frost Dates
29206, near Forest Acres, SC: the frost window
Around 03/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 200 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/16, roughly 245 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
Forest Acres's growing season runs out in roughly 11 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/16 isn't a guarantee
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Forest Acres against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 245 frost-free days, Forest Acres places 8,007 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within SC, it ranks 158 of 519.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 29206: the frost range, on how to read the range around Forest Acres's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Forest Acres can differ from the 29206 normal.