Forest Acres, SC 29219 Frost Dates
29219, near Forest Acres, SC: the frost window
Around 03/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 197 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/19, roughly 253 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 12 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Forest Acres against the rest of the dataset
About 253 days separate Forest Acres's last and first frost, putting it 7,122 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 92 of 519.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 29219: local microclimates, on what one yard in Forest Acres can differ from the 29219 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8b and Forest Acres's frost date answer different questions.