Darlington, SC 29540 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Darlington, SC?
Around 03/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 214 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 221 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 Darlington, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Darlington before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Darlington's last frost
03/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Darlington compares
About 221 days separate Darlington's last and first frost, putting it 12,494 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 422 of 519.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Darlington's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Darlington can differ from the 29540 normal.