Wellford, SC 29385 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wellford, SC, ZIP 29385
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/28, about 212 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 224 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wellford in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Wellford has about 10 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wellford compares
About 224 days separate Wellford's last and first frost, putting it 11,868 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 399 of 519.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Wellford's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Wellford's dates instead of trusting one.