Waterloo, SC 29384 Frost Dates
Waterloo, SC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 216 days after the last spring frost.
Waterloo 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 9 weeks until Waterloo'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 03/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Waterloo against the rest of the dataset
Waterloo's growing season runs about 216 days, ranking 13,925 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 458 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29384's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Waterloo can differ from the 29384 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Waterloo's frost date answer different questions.