Forest Acres, SC 29218 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Forest Acres, SC, ZIP 29218
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/13, roughly 197 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/19, about 253 frost-free days later.
Forest Acres 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 Forest Acres has about 12 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.
The actual range around Forest Acres's last frost
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Forest Acres compares
Forest Acres's growing season runs about 253 days, ranking 7,121 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 91 of 519.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Forest Acres's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Forest Acres can differ from the 29218 normal.