Kingstree, SC 29518 Frost Dates
Kingstree, SC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/29, roughly 213 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/06, roughly 223 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kingstree in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Kingstree's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Kingstree's last frost
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Kingstree against the rest of the dataset
About 223 days separate Kingstree's last and first frost, putting it 12,067 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 405 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29518's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Kingstree's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Kingstree's dates instead of trusting one.