Lake City, SC 29560 Frost Dates
29560, near Lake City, SC: the frost window
Around 03/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 213 days away. 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 Lake City 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
Lake City's growing season runs out in roughly 10 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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.
Lake City against the rest of the dataset
Lake City's growing season runs about 223 days, ranking 12,057 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 404 of 519.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 29560: local microclimates, on what one yard in Lake City can differ from the 29560 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8b and Lake City's frost date answer different questions.