Clinton, SC 29351 Frost Dates
Clinton, SC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/01, about 216 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/05, roughly 219 days after the last spring frost.
Clinton 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Clinton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Clinton against the rest of the dataset
About 219 days separate Clinton's last and first frost, putting it 12,998 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 429 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29351's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Clinton's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Clinton can differ from the 29351 normal.