Cowpens, SC 29330 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cowpens, SC, ZIP 29330
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/20, about 235 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 186 frost-free days later.
Cowpens sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 8a around Cowpens has about 8 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 Cowpens's last frost
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cowpens compares
Cowpens's growing season runs about 186 days, ranking 22,856 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 512 of 519.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Cowpens's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Cowpens can differ from the 29330 normal.