Cheraw, SC 29520 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cheraw, SC, ZIP 29520
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/30, about 214 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 220 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cheraw 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 Cheraw 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
03/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cheraw compares
At roughly 220 frost-free days, Cheraw places 12,798 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within SC, it ranks 424 of 519.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Cheraw's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Cheraw's dates instead of trusting one.