Arcadia Lakes, SC 29211 Frost Dates
Arcadia Lakes, SC: when does the frost end?
Around 03/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 206 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/15, roughly 239 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Arcadia Lakes, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Arcadia Lakes's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/22 isn't a guarantee
03/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Arcadia Lakes against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 239 frost-free days, Arcadia Lakes places 8,858 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within SC, it ranks 204 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29211's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Arcadia Lakes's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Arcadia Lakes can differ from the 29211 normal.