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Eutawville, SC 29436 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Eutawville, SC?

Zone 8b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/22, about 206 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 238 frost-free days later.

Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Eutawville, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

About 11 weeks of growing season left in Eutawville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

How much risk comes with planting early here

03/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Eutawville compares

About 238 days separate Eutawville's last and first frost, putting it 9,042 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 237 of 519.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Eutawville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Eutawville's dates instead of trusting one.