Pawleys Island, SC 29585 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pawleys Island, SC, ZIP 29585
Around 03/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 207 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/13, about 237 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 Pawleys Island, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Pawleys Island has about 11 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
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/04 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 Pawleys Island compares
Pawleys Island's growing season runs about 237 days, ranking 9,177 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 254 of 519.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Pawleys Island's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Pawleys Island can differ from the 29585 normal.