Lane, SC 29590 Frost Dates
Lane, SC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/29, about 213 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/06, roughly 223 days after the last spring frost.
Lane sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Lane's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/29 isn't a guarantee
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.
Lane against the rest of the dataset
Lane's growing season runs about 223 days, ranking 12,121 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 411 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29590's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Lane's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Lane can differ from the 29590 normal.