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Woodruff, SC 29388 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Woodruff, SC, ZIP 29388

Zone 8a

Around 03/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 212 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 224 frost-free days later.

Woodruff 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 Woodruff 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.

The actual range around Woodruff's last frost

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 Woodruff compares

About 224 days separate Woodruff's last and first frost, putting it 11,853 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 396 of 519.

Learn more

local microclimates explains what one yard in Woodruff can differ from the 29388 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Woodruff's frost date answer different questions.